"Figure 4: Age-specific fertility rates at selected ages, by year of birth of woman, 1920 to 1996 ","" "England and Wales","" "","" "Notes","1. These data are presented by age in completed years, which differs from other figures within this bulletin. 2. The 1944 cohort is assumed to be their mothers' generation because the average age of mothers giving birth in 1971 was 27 years, and so women of that age were assumed to be born in 1944." "Unit","Live births per 1,000 women" "","" "of woman","20","25","30","35","40" "1920","59","119","109","58","25" "1921","61","158","109","59","24" "1922","64","181","108","61","24" "1923","65","159","112","63","24" "1924","69","153","109","62","25" "1925","67","147","108","65","23" "1926","72","148","113","67","22" "1927","86","148","119","67","21" "1928","88","155","123","67","20" "1929","90","156","125","68","18" "1930","87","161","136","68","17" "1931","85","169","134","63","16" "1932","87","175","132","60","13" "1933","90","183","137","57","11" "1934","92","190","140","53","10" "1935","94","198","134","50","9" "1936","103","201","127","47","8" "1937","107","206","121","41","7" "1938","112","210","117","35","8" "1939","116","213","111","31","8" "1940","123","208","108","29","8" "1941","127","201","107","28","8" "1942","132","193","96","28","8" "1943","132","187","89","30","8" "1944","135","180","85","32","8" "1945","136","178","83","34","9" "1946","136","178","85","34","9" "1947","128","159","83","34","9" "1948","127","153","92","36","9" "1949","124","144","99","37","10" "1950","124","137","103","39","11" "1951","125","131","100","42","11" "1952","115","129","100","44","12" "1953","107","133","102","45","13" "1954","99","139","103","47","12" "1955","92","144","106","49","14" "1956","86","138","106","50","14" "1957","81","133","109","52","15" "1958","81","132","108","52","15" "1959","83","129","108","55","16" "1960","85","129","113","55","16" "1961","78","124","111","56","17" "1962","74","123","110","59","17" "1963","71","122","109","60","19" "1964","68","117","111","61","20" "1965","69","119","109","61","21" "1966","70","115","108","62","22" "1967","71","111","107","63","23" "1968","74","107","108","69","24" "1969","72","103","105","72","25" "1970","72","99","102","75","26" "1971","71","97","101","79","27" "1972","68","92","101","82","28" "1973","66","90","105","85","28" "1974","65","87","110","85","29" "1975","63","84","109","88","29" "1976","67","81","112","89","30" "1977","66","81","115","92","" "1978","65","83","116","89","" "1979","65","86","115","90","" "1980","63","85","117","91","" "1981","63","86","116","91","" "1982","62","88","118","","" "1983","63","91","114","","" "1984","63","91","114","","" "1985","61","93","114","","" "1986","63","93","115","","" "1987","63","94","","","" "1988","63","89","","","" "1989","62","87","","","" "1990","60","85","","","" "1991","54","80","","","" "1992","52","","","","" "1993","47","","","","" "1994","44","","","","" "1995","42","","","","" "1996","40","","","",""