"Figure 1: Number of conceptions and conception rates have decreased in recent years","" "Number of conceptions and the conception rate for all women, England and Wales, 1969 to 2017","" "","" "Notes","1. The conception rate shows the number of conceptions per thousand women aged 15 to 44 years. 2. Prior to 1969, the first full year for which abortions data were available, the number of conceptions was equivalent to the number of maternities. " "Unit","y axis left side= Number of conceptions (thousands) y axis right side= Conception rate" "","" "Year","Number of conceptions (thousands)","Conception rate" "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" "2013","872.8","77.8" "2014","871.0","77.8" "2015","876.9","78.3" "2016","863.1","77.3" "2017","847.2","76.1"