Between 2000 and 2020 the teenage pregnancy rate in England and Wales has declined across all age groups, despite a noticeable uptick in the mid 1990s which kept the overall rate over 60 until 2008, when the rate started to decrease, eventually reaching a low of 26.3 by 2020. For 2021, the rate increased slightly for under 18s, up to 13.2 from 13.1, with the rate not changing for under 16s and under 20s.
Teenage conception rate in England and Wales from 1990 to 2021, by age at conception
(per 1,000 women)
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Office for National Statistics (UK). (March 30, 2023). Teenage conception rate in England and Wales from 1990 to 2021, by age at conception (per 1,000 women) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved November 21, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/943768/teen-pregnancy-rate-in-the-uk-england-wales/
Office for National Statistics (UK). "Teenage conception rate in England and Wales from 1990 to 2021, by age at conception (per 1,000 women)." Chart. March 30, 2023. Statista. Accessed November 21, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/943768/teen-pregnancy-rate-in-the-uk-england-wales/
Office for National Statistics (UK). (2023). Teenage conception rate in England and Wales from 1990 to 2021, by age at conception (per 1,000 women). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: November 21, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/943768/teen-pregnancy-rate-in-the-uk-england-wales/
Office for National Statistics (UK). "Teenage Conception Rate in England and Wales from 1990 to 2021, by Age at Conception (per 1,000 Women)." Statista, Statista Inc., 30 Mar 2023, https://www.statista.com/statistics/943768/teen-pregnancy-rate-in-the-uk-england-wales/
Office for National Statistics (UK), Teenage conception rate in England and Wales from 1990 to 2021, by age at conception (per 1,000 women) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/943768/teen-pregnancy-rate-in-the-uk-england-wales/ (last visited November 21, 2024)
Teenage conception rate in England and Wales from 1990 to 2021, by age at conception (per 1,000 women) [Graph], Office for National Statistics (UK), March 30, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/943768/teen-pregnancy-rate-in-the-uk-england-wales/