The chart below gives information on the birth rate among women in England, from 1973 to 2020. The figures are measured in births per 1000 women.

The line graph illustrates the birth rates in six age groups of English

women

regarding births per 1000

women

from 1973 to 2008.

Overall

, it was most common for

women

to give birth in their late 20s throughout the 35 years.

Conversely

, the eldest group of

women

in the graph, 40 or older, experienced fewer deliveries than any other group. In 1973, the births per 1000

women

in the 20-25 age bracket marked around 125, drastically declining to 90 in 2008. The age group with the highest figure in 1973 was 25-29-year-olds, which fluctuated over the period but settled at 130 in 2008, remaining at the top in the births ranking.

On the other hand

, those in their early 30s witnessed a gradual upward trend, rising from 70 in 1973 to 90 in 2008. Notably, one of the most dramatic changes was seen in 35-39-year-olds, with an upsurge over the two decades since 1988, escalating from nearly 42 to 62 in 2008. Meanwhile, the two groups at both extremes demonstrated a moderate decrease across the period.

While

the 1973 figure of 60 for those younger than 20 dipped to 40 in 2008, the birth figure for those 40 or older demonstrated a flatter decrease, falling from 20 to only 15 across the same period.