Version: 1.0.1 | Published: 16 Feb 2026 | Updated: 8 days ago
Conceptions in England and Wales
Dataset
Documentation
Description:
Annual statistics on conceptions to residents of England and Wales, with numbers and rates by age group including women aged under 18 years, inside and outside marriage or civil partnership, and area of usual residence. Data can be downloaded in Excel format.
Spatial Coverage:
- England
- Wales
Data Use Limitations:
NO RESTRICTION
Coverage
Spatial
Geographical Levels:
local authority district
Temporal
Start Date:
01 January 2011
Frequency:
ANNUAL
Provenance
Collection Situation:
Conception statistics bring together records of birth registrations collected
under the Births and Deaths Registration Act 1953 and of abortion notifications
supplied under the Abortion Act 1967. They include all the pregnancies of women
resident in England and Wales that lead to one of the following outcomes: a
maternity from which one or more live births or stillbirths occur that is
registered in England and Wales a termination of a pregnancy by abortion under
the 1967 Act that takes place in England and Wales (pregnancies that lead to
miscarriages are not included).
Access and Governance
Usage
Data Use Requirements:
NO REQUIREMENTS
Access
Data Controller:
Office for National Statistics
Format and Standards
Languages:
ENGLISH
Data Format:
- Unstructured text
- Database
Estimated Dataset Size:
<25 MB
Additional Information Governance
Personal Data:
No
Confidentiality Risk:
Low risk
Availability Risk:
Low risk
Integrity Risk:
Low risk
Origin
Name:
Data Catalogue