"Figure 4: Divorces of opposite sex couples, average (mean) age at divorce for men and women, 1963 to 2015","" "England and Wales","" "","" "Notes","1. Average age at divorce is only available back to 1963." "Unit","Age" "","" "Year","Men","Women" "1963","39.2","36.4" "1964","39.0","36.2" "1965","38.7","35.9" "1966","38.6","35.8" "1967","38.4","35.6" "1968","38.2","35.4" "1969","37.9","35.1" "1970","37.6","34.8" "1971","39.4","36.8" "1972","40.1","37.6" "1973","38.8","36.3" "1974","38.5","36.5" "1975","38.1","36.1" "1976","38.0","36.0" "1977","38.1","35.8" "1978","38.1","35.7" "1979","37.8","35.3" "1980","37.6","35.2" "1981","37.7","35.2" "1982","37.7","35.2" "1983","38.0","35.4" "1984","38.2","35.6" "1985","37.4","34.9" "1986","37.8","35.3" "1987","38.0","35.5" "1988","38.3","35.7" "1989","38.3","35.7" "1990","38.4","35.9" "1991","38.6","36.0" "1992","38.8","36.3" "1993","39.0","36.4" "1994","39.3","36.7" "1995","39.6","37.0" "1996","39.8","37.3" "1997","40.2","37.7" "1998","40.4","37.9" "1999","40.9","38.4" "2000","41.3","38.8" "2001","41.5","39.1" "2002","41.9","39.4" "2003","42.3","39.8" "2004","42.7","40.2" "2005","43.1","40.6" "2006","43.4","40.9" "2007","43.7","41.2" "2008","43.9","41.4" "2009","44.0","41.5" "2010","44.2","41.7" "2011","44.5","42.1" "2012","44.7","42.2" "2013","45.1","42.6" "2014","45.6","43.1" "2015","45.9","43.5"