General Article Teenage pregnancy rates drop to record low since 1969, figures show

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By Amy Packham

The number of teenage girls getting pregnant in England and Wales is the lowest it has been since 1969.

The rate for girls under 18 becoming mothers was 22.9 conceptions per thousand 15- to 17-year-olds in 2014, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) revealed.

The number of teena...

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