Low rates of emergency contraception
Date published: 20 October 2015
Rochdale has the lowest rate of girls aged 13-15 getting emergency contraceptives in Greater Manchester.
Figures show 11 underage girls in every 1,000 of the population sought the morning after pill in the year to March.
In comparison, neighbouring Oldham has the second-highest rate of girls aged 13-15 in the country getting emergency contraceptives - 40 in every 1,000 girls
The North-West was found to be the most likely region for girls to ask for emergency contraception - around 19 in every 1,000.
Figures for Rochdale are slightly higher than for the rest of England, which recorded 7,511 girls aged 13-15 given emergency contraception at least once - a ratio of eight girls in 1,000.
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