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Teenage pregnancies at record low, ONS figures show
Conception rates among under-18s has halved in eight years, to 21 per 1,000 women, data from the Office for National Statistics has shown.
According to the ONS, the fall may be due to young women staying in education for longer, improved access to contraceptives and the stigma of being a teenage mother.
The statistics also found that the biggest rise in conceptions was in women aged over 40 with the rate more than doubling, since 1990, to 15.1 per 1,000 women.
The data highlighted that the number of women conceiving in their late 30s has increased by similarly high levels, while most popular age to become pregnant is still between the ages of 25 and 29 in England and Wales.
In 2015, there were 125 conceptions per 1,000 women in their early 30s compared to 127 among women in their late 20s, indicating the slightly older age group could soon become the most popular time for conception.
Nicola Haines, of the Vital Statistics Outputs Branch, Office for National Statistics, said: "Conception rates in England and Wales, for women aged under 18, declined by eight per cent in 2015. Similar decreases were recorded for both maternities and abortions in this age group. Under 18 conception rates have declined by 55 per cent since 1998, whilst for women aged 30 and over conception rates have increased by 34 per cent.”
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