Demographics
The North East region has the lowest rate of HIV infection in the UK, but has the highest rate of heart attacks among men and of lung cancer among women in England, and the highest lung cancer rate in the UK for men. It has the highest unemployment among youths aged 16–24, and along with Wales, the highest birth rate for women under 20 in the UK. After Northern Ireland, the North East has the second highest trade union membership among UK men. Higher education students from the North East are most likely (72%) to pick a university in their home region. The North East, as part of the "North" demographic region, has the highest proportion of Christians in the UK.
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