The data shows the rate per 1,000 women of teenage conceptions in Scotland from 2000 to 2016, by the age of the mother. In the year 2000 the rate of teenage conceptions among women aged under 16 years old was 7.3 per 1,000 women. Over the observed period, the rate fell, reaching 3.1 conceptions among women aged under 16 per 1,000 women.
2000 | 7.3 | 40.5 | 55.6 |
2001 | 6.4 | 39.2 | 54.8 |
2002 | 7.2 | 39.7 | 53.6 |
2003 | 6.9 | 40.2 | 54.3 |
2004 | 7.3 | 41.1 | 55.8 |
2005 | 7 | 41.6 | 56.9 |
2006 | 8 | 41.2 | 57.6 |
2007 | 7.8 | 41.9 | 57.7 |
2008 | 7.7 | 40 | 54.6 |
2009 | 7 | 36.2 | 51.3 |
2010 | 6.9 | 35.2 | 48.5 |
2011 | 5.6 | 30 | 43.8 |
2012 | 5.6 | 27.9 | 41.5 |
2013 | 4.7 | 24.6 | 38 |
2014 | 4.2 | 22.1 | 34.1 |
2015 | 3 | 20.1 | 32.4 |
2016 | 3.1 | 18.9 | 31.6 |