TEENAGE pregnancy speeds in Scotland have actually fallen to a brand-new low.
A overall of 3,047 females aged 19 and under offered childbirth in 2014 while a deeper 2,075 terminated a pregnancy – giving an total teenage pregnancy fee of 34.1 each 1,000 women.
That compares to the latest top of 57.7 in 2007, and 37.7 in 2013.
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The pregnancy fee in the under 1six age market has actually fallen by 45.4%, from 7.8 each 1,000 in 2007 to 4.2.
The figures reveal that young females 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.
There were 1,927 under-20s in the poorest areas that dropped pregnant in 2014 compared to 394 in the the majority of affluent areas.
The figures contain 145 girls under the age of 1six in the the majority of deprived areas that possessed a baby, also as 207 abortions that were held out.
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In comparison, in the the very least deprived areas merely 8 girls under the age of 1six possessed a child and 19 pregnancies were terminated.
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