Live Births Outside Marriage
Numbers (thousands) in England and Wales
| Year |
All
ages |
Under 20 |
20–24 |
25–29 |
30–34 |
35–39 |
40 and over |
Mean age1 (years) |
| 1995 |
219.9 |
36.3 |
69.7 |
59.6 |
37.0 |
14.4 |
3.0 |
26.0 |
| 1996 |
232.7 |
39.3 |
71.1 |
62.3 |
40.5 |
16.2 |
3.2 |
26.1 |
| 1997 |
238.2 |
41.1 |
69.5 |
63.4 |
42.2 |
18.2 |
3.7 |
26.2 |
| 1998 |
240.6 |
43.0 |
67.8 |
62.4 |
43.9 |
19.6 |
3.9 |
26.3 |
| 1999 |
241.9 |
43.0 |
67.5 |
61.2 |
45.0 |
20.8 |
4.3 |
26.4 |
| 2000 |
238.6 |
41.1 |
67.5 |
59.1 |
43.9 |
22.3 |
4.7 |
26.5 |
| 2001 |
238.1 |
39.5 |
68.1 |
56.8 |
45.2 |
23.3 |
5.1 |
26.7 |
| 2002 |
242.0 |
38.9 |
70.2 |
55.8 |
46.4 |
25.1 |
5.6 |
26.8 |
| 2003 |
257.2 |
39.9 |
75.7 |
58.2 |
49.2 |
27.8 |
6.4 |
26.9 |
| 2004 |
269.7 |
41.0 |
79.8 |
61.4 |
50.7 |
29.7 |
7.1 |
27.0 |
| 2005 |
276.5 |
41.2 |
82.1 |
64.4 |
50.8 |
30.3 |
7.7 |
27.0 |
| 2006 |
291.4 |
42.3 |
87.7 |
69.3 |
51.4 |
32.2 |
8.4 |
27.0 |
1. Unstandardised and therefore takes no
account of the age structure of the population.
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