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 18,076 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
Analysis of fertility by cohort. 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 the experience of 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: 2016
The changing composition of families over time, comparing women of the same age and the 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
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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