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Live births, by age of mother
	Age of mother
	All age	Less than 15 years	15-19 years	20-24 years	25-29 years	30-34 years	35-39 years	40-44 years	45 years and over	Not stated¹
	Number
1975	359,323	370	38,823	115,620	124,425	49,723	13,560	2,948	221	13,633
1976	359,987	353	37,407	114,930	125,923	51,613	13,568	2,665	183	13,345
1977	362,909	323	35,971	115,518	126,610	56,551	13,664	2,208	174	11,890
1978	359,365	328	33,703	112,778	126,617	59,227	13,358	2,166	159	11,029
1979	366,064	307	31,649	112,894	131,453	63,025	14,141	2,065	116	10,414
1980	370,709	273	31,000	112,542	133,810	65,304	14,617	1,946	108	11,109
1981	371,346	268	29,062	110,552	135,598	67,681	15,331	2,080	116	10,658
1982	373,082	281	28,262	109,952	136,925	68,732	17,100	2,116	97	9,617
1983	373,689	222	25,382	107,214	139,667	71,518	18,299	2,111	100	9,176
1984	377,031	248	23,637	103,234	143,041	75,852	19,979	2,182	86	8,772
1985	375,727	225	22,090	98,272	143,836	79,121	21,048	2,317	83	8,735
1986	372,913	210	21,452	92,915	143,563	81,431	22,419	2,538	86	8,299
1987	369,742	235	20,981	86,583	142,713	84,578	23,699	2,865	102	7,986
1988	376,795	224	21,080	83,421	146,017	89,273	25,849	3,283	107	7,541
1989	392,661	214	22,483	83,081	150,735	96,524	28,140	3,567	97	7,820
1990	405,486	239	23,176	81,727	154,258	103,352	31,064	3,856	99	7,715
1991	402,533	265	24,180	80,724	150,027	107,561	33,107	4,124	138	2,407
1992	398,643	263	23,985	77,691	145,478	111,291	34,953	4,538	109	335
1993	388,394	256	23,437	75,130	135,499	112,080	36,718	4,853	147	274
1994	385,114	252	23,728	73,302	129,713	113,692	38,478	5,269	146	534
1995	378,016	241	23,416	71,142	121,978	114,516	40,419	5,625	197	482
Source: Statistics Canada, Catalogue no. 82-221-XDE. ¹ Includes all Newfoundland births for the data years 1975 to 1990.

Excerpts from Canada Year Book 1999: The People > Health