You should spend about 20 minutes on this task. 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. Summarize the information by selecting and reporting the main features and make com-parisons where relevant. Write at least 150 words.

The line graph illustrates the birth rate of females between 1973 and 2020 in the United Kingdom.

Overall

, is appreciated that giving birth has suffered a decrease over the

last

half-century.

Firstly

, is seen that 20 teenagers per each 1000 had babies in that period, slightly falling to 18 in 2001.

Secondly

, youth, between 20 and 25

years

old, which were the ones with the highest rate, plummeted from 120 to 20 per thousand in 50

years

, reaching the third position in the ranking.

On the contrary

, those aged between 28 and 34, were the only group that increased, becoming the principal, doubling in less than 10

years

and hitting the peak in 2020 at 80 births per thousand.

Lastly

, women older than 40

years

old, gradually fell from 10 to 5 per 1000 in that period, being the group that gives birth the least. To summarize, the figure shows a general decreasing trend during the past 50

years

, indicating that nowadays are not the youngest females who have more babies.