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<strong>Barnsley</strong> in <strong>Depth</strong> <strong>Children</strong>’s and <strong>Young</strong> People’s Report – 2008/09 <strong>In</strong>formationThe LAA targets for 2008 and 2009 have been set in line with a trajectorywhich would achieve a 34% reduction from the 1998 figure by 2010, that is 40under-18 conceptions per 1000 15-17 year old females.3.13.2 Teenage Pregnancy - Distribution within <strong>Barnsley</strong>The <strong>In</strong>dex of Multiple Deprivation 2007 (IMD) score at 30.5 for <strong>Barnsley</strong> ishigh. <strong>Barnsley</strong> is the 43rd most deprived local authority out of 354. 17.7% ofthe borough population live in wards that are amongst the most 10% deprivedin England. High rates of teenage conceptions have been linked with highdeprivation.Figure 3.13.3 illustrates there is a statistical relationship between deprivationand teenage conception rates by electoral wards in <strong>Barnsley</strong>.Figure 3.13.3: Conception Rates by Deprivation Scores for Wards in <strong>Barnsley</strong> agedunder 18 2003 to 20061009080Rate per 1,000 population women aged 15-1770605040302010R 2 = 0.80300 10 20 30 40 50 60<strong>In</strong>dex of Multiple Deprivation 2007 ScoreNote: R is a figure to illustrate the correlation between two sets of data, with -1 being a perfectnegative correlation, and +1 being a perfect positive correlation. Usually, +0.7 or above isregarded a significant positive result.Figure 3.13.4 shows that this pattern of deprivation is similar to the pattern ofward teenage conception rates.- 35 -

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