There are 11.2 pregnancies for each 1,000 women in Dundee – the highest in the country.
Dundee has actually recaptured the unenviable title of being the underage pregnancy capital of Scotland.
Some 71 youngsters fell pregnant in Dundee over the 3 years to 2014, according to official figures released yesterday.
Although the numbers are falling in the city, its fee is much more compared to double the national standard and knocks Clackmannanshire off the best spot.
There were 11.2 pregnancies among under-16s for each 1,000 females in 2012-14 in Dundee, the NHS Scotland data shows.
The national standard is 4.9, compared along with 5.3 in Angus and Fife and 3.5 in Perth and Kinross.
Scottish Conservative shadow secretary for healthiness Donald Cameron said undesirable pregnancies can easily bring about “considerable upheaval, trauma, and loss of opportunity”.
“Encouraging individual responsibility among youngsters and their parents has actually to be a priority, since we can’t lay accountability solely at the door of the NHS,” he said.
Last year, NHS Tayside watched its underage pregnancy fee fall by much more compared to a quarter in between 2012 and 2013.
But this year’s figure for 2014 shows the fee is spine up to 5.8 per 1,000 women, Despite the fact that the raw numbers fell from 38 to 37.
Ann Eriksen, NHS Tayside’s commissioner for sexual various other and blood born virus, said: “It is encouraging that the numbers of teenage pregnancy go on to decrease year-on-year in Tayside.
“We are confident that we have actually a wide range of evidence-based interventions in place.
“This has actually undoubtedly contributed to the considerable reduction in the fee of teenage conception due to the fact that 2007.”
She said projects contain an award-winning peer-to-peer school post scheme in Dundee, simpler access to contraception for young women and a Speakeasy programme to guidance parents talk to their youngsters concerning sex.
Nationally, the variety of teenage pregnancies is at a brand-new low. A total of 3,047 females aged 19 and under gave birth in 2014, while a further 2,075 terminated a pregnancy.
Across Scotland, the figures reveal that young women living in Scotland’s the majority of deprived locations are 5 times as most likely to get hold of pregnant compared to their counterparts in the the majority of affluent parts.
Minister for Public Health, Aileen Campbell, said: “Teenage pregnancies have actually fallen by over 40% due to the fact that 2007 and this reflects the committed job of education, healthiness and community solutions to provide young individuals much more selection and advice.”
She said the Government has actually published a strategy to treat the fundamental sets off of pregnancy in young people.
“We are continuing job to implement this strategy, ensuring solutions are placing young individuals at the centre of decision-making and aiding them to attain their potential the 2 as people and where appropriate, as parents,” she added.
