Release

Conceptions in England and Wales: 2021

Released: 30 March 2023 9:30am
Next release: February to March 2024 (provisional)

Summary

Conception counts and conception rates for women usually resident in England and Wales by age and local authority. Includes percentage of conceptions that lead to abortion.

Publications

Data

  • Conceptions in England and Wales

    Annual statistics on conceptions to residents of England and Wales – numbers and rates by age group including women aged under 18 years, inside and outside marriage or civil partnership, and area of usual residence.

Methodology

  • User guide to conception statistics

    Supporting information for conception statistics in England and Wales. Figures are based on information recorded during the registration of birth and notification of abortion.

  • Conception statistics QMI

    Quality and methodology information for conception statistics produced for England and Wales, detailing the strengths and limitations of these data, methods used and data uses and users.

Contact details

Name

Siân Bradford

Email

health.data@ons.gov.uk

Phone

+44 1329 444110

About the data

Accredited Official Statistics

These are accredited official statistics. They have been independently reviewed by the Office for Statistics Regulation (OSR) and found to comply with the standards of trustworthiness, quality and value in the Code of Practice for Statistics. This broadly means that the statistics:

  • meet user needs
  • are presented clearly and accessibly
  • are produced using appropriate data and sound methods
  • are managed impartially and objectively in the public interest