"Figure 2: Rate of divorce among opposite sex couples, 1950 to 2015","" "England and Wales","" "","" "Notes","" "Unit","Divorces per 1,000 married men and women" "","" "Year","Men","Women" "1950","2.8","2.8" "1951","2.6","2.6" "1952","3.0","3.0" "1953","2.7","2.7" "1954","2.5","2.5" "1955","2.4","2.3" "1956","2.3","2.3" "1957","2.1","2.0" "1958","1.9","1.9" "1959","2.1","2.1" "1960","2.0","2.0" "1961","2.1","2.1" "1962","2.4","2.4" "1963","2.7","2.7" "1964","2.9","2.9" "1965","3.1","3.1" "1966","3.2","3.2" "1967","3.5","3.5" "1968","3.7","3.7" "1969","4.1","4.1" "1970","4.7","4.7" "1971","5.9","5.9" "1972","9.5","9.4" "1973","8.4","8.4" "1974","9.0","9.0" "1975","9.6","9.6" "1976","10.1","10.1" "1977","10.4","10.3" "1978","11.6","11.6" "1979","11.2","11.2" "1980","12.0","12.0" "1981","11.9","11.9" "1982","12.1","12.0" "1983","12.2","12.2" "1984","12.0","12.0" "1985","13.4","13.3" "1986","12.9","12.8" "1987","12.7","12.6" "1988","12.9","12.8" "1989","12.8","12.7" "1990","13.1","12.9" "1991","13.6","13.4" "1992","13.9","13.6" "1993","14.3","14.1" "1994","13.8","13.6" "1995","13.7","13.5" "1996","13.9","13.7" "1997","13.1","12.9" "1998","13.0","12.9" "1999","13.0","12.9" "2000","12.7","12.6" "2001","13.0","12.9" "2002","12.9","12.7" "2003","13.4","13.2" "2004","13.4","13.2" "2005","12.3","12.1" "2006","11.5","11.4" "2007","11.1","11.0" "2008","10.6","10.5" "2009","9.9","9.8" "2010","10.3","10.2" "2011","10.2","10.1" "2012","10.2","10.0" "2013","9.8","9.8" "2014","9.3","9.3" "2015","8.5","8.5"