"Figure 1: Number of conceptions and the conception rate for all women, 1969 to 2016","" "England and Wales","" "","" "Notes","1. The conception rate shows the number of conceptions per thousand women aged 15 to 44 years. 2. Prior to 1969, the first full year for which abortions data are available, the number of conceptions was equivalent to the number of maternities." "Unit","Number of conceptions (1,000), Conceptions per 1,000 women " "","" "Year","Number of conceptions (thousands)","Conception rate" "1969","832.7","89.1" "1970","876.9","93.8" "1971","835.5","89.1" "1972","801.0","85.0" "1973","762.1","80.4" "1974","724.3","76.1" "1975","693.3","72.4" "1976","671.6","69.4" "1977","686.4","70.1" "1978","747.9","75.3" "1979","774.1","76.8" "1980","765.0","74.8" "1981","752.3","72.7" "1982","755.3","72.3" "1983","753.4","71.4" "1984","790.1","74.2" "1985","797.2","74.1" "1986","818.9","75.1" "1987","850.4","77.4" "1988","849.5","77.1" "1989","864.7","78.5" "1990","871.5","79.2" "1991","853.7","77.7" "1992","828.0","76.3" "1993","819.0","76.2" "1994","801.6","74.8" "1995","790.3","73.8" "1996","816.9","76.2" "1997","800.4","74.6" "1998","797.0","74.2" "1999","774.0","71.9" "2000","767.0","70.9" "2001","763.7","70.3" "2002","787.0","72.1" "2003","806.8","73.5" "2004","826.8","74.9" "2005","841.8","75.5" "2006","870.0","77.5" "2007","895.9","79.4" "2008","888.6","78.6" "2009","896.5","79.3" "2010","909.2","80.5" "2011","909.1","80.4" "2012","884.7","78.5" "2013","872.8","77.8" "2014","871.0","77.8" "2015","876.9","78.3" "2016","863.1","77.3"