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The Scottish Abstract of Statistics No 26,1998
Table 2D7 Teenage pregnancies by year, age of mother at conception, and outcome1, 1983-1997
 

13 -15

16 -19

13 -19

Delivered

Aborted

Delivered

Aborted

Delivered

Aborted

  Numbers
1983

372

403

8,073

3,268

8,445

3,671

1984

368

441

8,013

3,613

8,381

4,054

1985

401

445

8,117

3,691

8,518

4,136

1986

399

449

7,962

3,638

8,361

4,087

1987

402

401

7,844

3,553

8,246

3,954

1988

409

419

7,746

3,655

8,155

4,074

1989

389

405

7,129

3,678

7,518

4,083

1990

367

383

6,911

3,816

7,278

4,199

1991

368

405

6,809

3,696

7,177

4,101

1992

375

386

6,251

3,462

6,626

3,848

1993

365

407

5,762

3,306

6,127

3,713

1994

368

433

5,166

3,219

5,534

3,652

1995

393

435

5,098

3,105

5,491

3,540

1996 2

442

461

5,151

3,324

5,593

3,785

1997 3, 4

433

394

5,260

3,255

5,693

3,649

 
Average

390

418

6,753

3,485

7,143

3,903

 
  Rates 5
 
1983

3.0

3.2

45.2

18.3

27.7

12.1

1984

3.0

3.6

45.6

20.6

28.1

13.6

1985

3.4

3.7

47.5

21.6

29.4

14.3

1986

3.5

4.0

47.4

21.7

29.8

14.6

1987

3.8

3.8

47.7

21.6

30.6

14.7

1988

4.2

4.3

48.9

23.1

31.7

15.9

1989

4.1

4.3

47.1

24.3

30.5

16.6

1990

4.0

4.2

48.1

26.5

31.0

17.9

1991

4.2

4.6

50.4

27.4

32.1

18.4

1992

4.3

4.4

48.5

26.8

30.5

17.7

1993

4.0

4.4

46.7

26.8

28.5

17.3

1994

3.9

4.5

42.8

26.6

25.6

16.9

1995

4.1

4.5

42.4

25.8

25.3

16.3

1996 2

4.6

4.8

42.6

27.5

25.9

17.5

1997 3, 4

4.5

4.1

43.5

26.9

26.3

16.9

 
Average  

3.9

4.2

46.3

24.4

28.9

16.0

 
  Percentage 6
 
1983

48.0

52.0

71.2

28.8

69.7

30.3

1987

50.1

49.9

68.8

31.2

67.6

32.4

1991

47.6

52.4

64.8

35.2

63.6

36.4

1995

47.5

52.5

62.1

37.9

60.8

39.2

1996 2

48.9

51.1

60.8

39.2

59.6

40.4

1997 3, 4

52.4

47.6

61.8

38.2

60.9

39.1

Source: ISD Scotland Common Services Agency

1 Includes therapeutic abortions and miscarriages (spontaneous abortions) managed in hospital.
2 Revised.
3 1997 rates are based on 1996 population statistics.
4 Provisional.
5 Rates per 1,000 females in each age group in each year.
6 Shown as a percentage of total conceptions for that year and age group.
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