Highlights
Conceptions in England and Wales: 2016
What's in the bulletin?
- The under-18 conception rate in 2016 was 18.9 conceptions per thousand women aged 15 to 17 years; this is the lowest rate recorded since comparable statistics were first produced in 1969.
- The estimated number of conceptions to women aged under 18 years fell to 18,086 in 2016, compared with 20,351 in 2015, a decrease of 11%.
- The estimated number of conceptions to women aged under 16 years fell to 2,821 in 2016, compared with 3,466 in 2015, a decrease of 19%.
Datasets related to Conception and fertility rates
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Conception statistics, England and Wales
Annual statistics on conceptions to residents of England and Wales; numbers and rates by age group including women aged under 18 years, inside and outside marriage or civil partnership, and area of usual residence.
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Quarterly conceptions to women aged under 18 years, England and Wales
Quarterly statistics on conceptions to women aged under 18 years resident in England and Wales; numbers and rates by regions and other local authority areas.
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Childbearing for women born in different years
Annual analysis of fertility by cohort for women in England and Wales. Cohort fertility analysis allows the fertility experience of a group of women sharing the same birth year (a "cohort") to be traced through time and compared with other cohorts.
Publications related to Conception and fertility rates
Statistical bulletins
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Conceptions in England and Wales: 2016
Annual statistics on conceptions to residents of England and Wales; numbers and rates, by age group including women aged under 18 years.
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Births in England and Wales: 2017
Live births, stillbirths and the intensity of childbearing, measured by the total fertility rate.
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Childbearing for women born in different years, England and Wales: 2017
The changing composition of families over time, comparing the fertility of women of the same age and the number of children they have had.
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Births by parents’ country of birth, England and Wales: 2017
Annual statistics on live births. Includes countries of birth for non-UK born mothers and fathers.
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Cohort Fertility: 2012
Childbearing by the year of birth of mothers including trends in average family size, the age at which women give birth, and childlessness.
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Births by parents’ characteristics in England and Wales: 2016
Annual live births by age of mother and father, type of registration, median interval between births, number of previous live-born children and National Statistics Socio-economic Classification (NS-SEC).
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