"Figure 1: The number of conceptions and the conception rate, 1969-2012","" "England and Wales","" "","" "Notes","1. The conception rate is the number of conceptions per thousand women aged 15-44" "Unit","" "","" "Year","Number of conceptions (thousands)","Conception Rate (per thousand)" "1969","832.7","89.1" "1970","876.9","93.8" "1971","835.5","89.1" "1972","801.0","85.0" "1973","762.1","80.4" "1974","724.3","76.1" "1975","693.3","72.4" "1976","671.6","69.4" "1977","686.4","70.1" "1978","747.9","75.3" "1979","774.1","76.8" "1980","765.0","74.8" "1981","752.3","72.7" "1982","755.3","72.3" "1983","753.4","71.4" "1984","790.1","74.2" "1985","797.2","74.1" "1986","818.9","75.1" "1987","850.4","77.4" "1988","849.5","77.1" "1989","864.7","78.5" "1990","871.5","79.2" "1991","853.7","77.7" "1992","828.0","76.3" "1993","819.0","76.2" "1994","801.6","74.8" "1995","790.3","73.8" "1996","816.9","76.2" "1997","800.4","74.6" "1998","797.0","74.2" "1999","774.0","71.9" "2000","767.0","70.9" "2001","763.7","70.3" "2002","787.0","72.1" "2003","806.8","73.5" "2004","826.8","74.9" "2005","841.8","75.5" "2006","870.0","77.5" "2007","895.9","79.4" "2008","888.6","78.6" "2009","896.5","79.3" "2010","909.2","80.5" "2011","909.1","80.4" "2012","884.7","78.5"