"Figure 5: Age-specific fertility rates at selected ages, by year of birth of woman, 1920 to 1997","" "England and Wales","" "","" "Notes","1. These data are presented by age in completed years. 2. The 1945 cohort is assumed to be their mothers' generation because the average age of mothers giving birth in 1972 was 27 years, and so women of that age were assumed to be born in 1945. " "Unit","Live births per thousand women" "","" "birth cohort","Age 20","Age 25","Age 30","Age 35","Age 40","Age 45" "1920","59","119","109","58","25","4" "1921","61","158","109","59","24","4" "1922","64","181","108","61","24","4" "1923","65","159","112","63","24","4" "1924","69","153","109","62","25","3" "1925","67","147","108","65","23","3" "1926","72","148","113","67","22","3" "1927","86","148","119","67","21","2" "1928","88","155","123","67","20","2" "1929","90","156","125","68","18","2" "1930","87","161","136","68","17","2" "1931","85","169","134","63","16","2" "1932","87","175","132","60","13","2" "1933","90","183","137","57","11","2" "1934","92","190","140","53","10","2" "1935","94","198","134","50","9","2" "1936","103","201","127","47","8","2" "1937","107","206","121","41","7","2" "1938","112","210","117","35","8","2" "1939","116","213","111","31","8","2" "1940","123","208","108","29","8","2" "1941","127","201","107","28","8","2" "1942","132","193","96","28","8","2" "1943","132","187","89","30","8","2" "1944","135","180","85","32","8","2" "1945","136","178","83","34","9","2" "1946","136","178","85","34","9","2" "1947","128","159","83","34","9","1" "1948","127","153","92","36","9","1" "1949","124","144","99","37","10","1" "1950","124","137","103","39","11","2" "1951","125","131","100","42","11","2" "1952","115","129","100","44","12","2" "1953","107","133","102","45","13","2" "1954","99","139","103","47","12","2" "1955","92","144","106","49","14","2" "1956","86","138","106","50","14","2" "1957","81","133","109","52","15","3" "1958","81","132","108","52","15","2" "1959","83","129","108","55","16","2" "1960","85","129","113","55","16","3" "1961","78","124","111","56","17","3" "1962","74","123","110","59","17","3" "1963","71","122","109","60","19","3" "1964","68","117","111","61","20","4" "1965","69","119","109","61","21","4" "1966","70","115","108","62","22","4" "1967","71","111","107","63","23","5" "1968","74","107","108","69","24","5" "1969","72","103","105","72","25","5" "1970","72","99","102","75","26","5" "1971","71","97","101","79","27","5" "1972","68","92","101","82","28","6" "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","30","" "1978","65","83","116","89","","" "1979","65","86","115","90","","" "1980","63","85","117","91","","" "1981","63","86","116","91","","" "1982","62","88","118","89","","" "1983","63","91","114","","","" "1984","63","91","114","","","" "1985","61","93","114","","","" "1986","63","93","115","","","" "1987","63","94","113","","","" "1988","63","89","","","","" "1989","62","87","","","","" "1990","60","85","","","","" "1991","54","80","","","","" "1992","52","77","","","","" "1993","47","","","","","" "1994","44","","","","","" "1995","42","","","","","" "1996","40","","","","","" "1997","39","","","","",""