Between 2012 and 2013, teenage pregnancies dropped by 37%, falling faster than the national average
Haringey has historically been an area with one of the highest teenage pregnancy rates in the country. For a time between 2010 and 2011, Haringey did have the highest teenage pregnancy rate in the country – until the 2011 census meant that figures were retrospectively revised down. When news broke that teenage pregnancies in the UK had fallen to their lowest level since records began, in Haringey we learned that since 2009 the number of teenagers getting pregnant has more than halved.
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