" Figure 1: Live births by age group of mother, 1938–2011","" "England and Wales","" "","" "Notes","" "Unit","%" "","" "Year","under 25","25–34","35 and over" "1938","27.7","55.6","16.7" "1939","27.4","55.9","16.7" "1940","28.5","55.0","16.5" "1941","29.7","53.1","17.1" "1942","29.1","53.8","17.2" "1943","29.3","52.6","18.1" "1944","29.0","51.8","19.2" "1945","29.5","50.8","19.7" "1946","26.8","54.9","18.3" "1947","29.0","54.1","16.9" "1948","31.0","52.4","16.6" "1949","31.9","52.3","15.8" "1950","31.8","52.6","15.6" "1951","32.0","53.0","15.0" "1952","32.4","53.3","14.3" "1953","32.9","53.7","13.4" "1954","33.4","53.5","13.0" "1955","33.8","53.0","13.3" "1956","34.5","52.2","13.3" "1957","35.0","51.7","13.3" "1958","35.9","51.1","13.0" "1959","36.8","50.4","12.9" "1960","37.2","50.1","12.7" "1961","38.2","49.4","12.4" "1962","39.1","48.9","11.9" "1963","39.7","48.8","11.5" "1964","40.3","48.4","11.3" "1965","41.8","47.3","10.9" "1966","43.8","45.9","10.3" "1967","45.2","45.0","9.8" "1968","46.1","44.7","9.2" "1969","46.5","45.0","8.5" "1970","47.2","44.9","7.9" "1971","47.0","45.6","7.4" "1972","45.2","47.8","7.0" "1973","43.9","49.6","6.4" "1974","43.3","50.7","6.0" "1975","42.0","52.1","5.9" "1976","41.1","53.3","5.6" "1977","40.2","54.2","5.5" "1978","40.0","54.3","5.7" "1979","39.6","54.5","5.9" "1980","40.0","53.8","6.2" "1981","39.6","54.0","6.5" "1982","39.6","53.1","7.3" "1983","39.1","53.3","7.7" "1984","38.6","53.5","7.9" "1985","38.2","53.9","7.9" "1986","37.7","54.2","8.0" "1987","36.8","55.1","8.1" "1988","36.4","55.4","8.2" "1989","35.0","56.4","8.6" "1990","33.4","57.9","8.7" "1991","32.3","58.6","9.1" "1992","30.6","59.7","9.7" "1993","29.3","60.4","10.3" "1994","27.4","61.5","11.1" "1995","26.6","61.5","11.9" "1996","26.2","61.2","12.6" "1997","25.7","60.7","13.7" "1998","25.4","60.0","14.5" "1999","25.6","59.1","15.4" "2000","25.4","58.0","16.6" "2001","25.7","57.0","17.3" "2002","25.9","56.0","18.1" "2003","25.9","55.4","18.7" "2004","26.0","54.8","19.2" "2005","25.9","54.6","19.6" "2006","25.9","54.1","20.0" "2007","25.4","54.2","20.4" "2008","25.5","54.4","20.1" "2009","25.4","54.6","20.0" "2010","24.6","55.5","19.9" "2011","23.7","56.3","20.0"