Conception Statistics, England and Wales 2022

Product Description

Annual statistics on conceptions to residents of England and Wales, with numbers and rates by age group including women aged under 18 years.

Main points

• There were 834,260 conceptions for women of all ages in England and Wales in 2022, which is the second consecutive annual increase; the conception rate remained unchanged from 2021, at 71.4 conceptions per 1,000 women.
• Women aged 30 to 34 years had the highest number of conceptions and conception rate for the sixth year in a row and the lowest percentage of conceptions leading to abortion.
• The conception rate fell among women aged 30 years and over and rose among women aged under 30 years, compared with the previous year.
• The percentage of conceptions leading to abortion was 29.7%; this is a rise from 26.5% in 2021 and the highest proportion on record.
• The conception rates rose to 2.2 per 1,000 women aged under 16 years and 17.6 conceptions per 1,000 women aged 16 to 17 years in 2022; rates have remained below pre-coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic levels.
• The West Midlands had the highest (78.3 per 1,000 women) conception rate and the South West had the lowest (64.2 per 1,000 women) of all the English regions, and Wales.