The rate is at its lowest since reporting began three decades ago, after falling 13 years in a row.
The number of teenage pregnancies in Scotland has reduced by almost two-thirds since 2007, new figures show.
The 2020 stats show there were eight pregnancies in girls under 14 and 165 in under-16s, down from 731 in 2007. In the past decade all council areas have seen a reduction in the numbers and rates of teenage pregnancy but the largest decrease was in Midlothian where rates fell from 60.1 per 1,000 women in 2011 to 28.2 in 2020.
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