Description for figure 16
Age-specific fertility rates for selected cohorts of women, Canada

This line graph shows the age-specific fertility rate for women in the 1946 birth cohort and for subsequent birth cohorts in five-year intervals from 1955 to 1990 in Canada.

The horizontal axis shows the ages from 15 to 49 and the vertical axis shows the fertility rate per thousand women

Data table for figure 16
Table summary
This table displays the results of Age-specific fertility rates for selected cohorts of women. The information is grouped by Age (appearing as row headers), 1946, 1955, 1960, 1965, 1970, 1975, 1980, 1985 and 1990, calculated using per 1 000 units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Age 1946 1955 1960 1965 1970 1975 1980 1985 1990
per 1 000
15 5.2 5.8 6.0 5.0 4.2 4.6 4.6 2.9 2.1
16 17.3 17.5 16.9 12.4 11.6 13.1 11.1 6.9 6.0
17 43.1 36.2 30.1 24.0 21.2 25.0 18.7 12.9 12.2
18 78.0 53.3 41.2 32.2 32.0 35.1 27.5 20.2 19.9
19 113.6 66.6 52.8 42.9 45.5 47.5 36.9 27.6 28.8
20 135.4 81.0 65.6 53.1 57.6 55.2 43.6 35.4 33.6
21 150.4 92.7 78.2 63.5 67.1 60.5 48.6 42.7 37.2
22 155.0 105.4 93.8 73.5 74.5 64.5 53.0 50.4 ...
23 159.3 114.4 103.8 86.5 83.2 72.4 60.9 59.8 ...
24 163.8 124.3 114.9 100.4 91.6 78.0 68.6 67.8 ...
25 158.4 129.6 121.4 115.1 101.3 86.4 79.9 74.8 ...
26 145.0 131.0 123.9 121.9 106.9 94.6 91.9 85.5 ...
27 133.8 123.8 124.5 125.4 105.7 101.1 103.4 ... ...
28 124.1 118.0 120.3 123.1 110.1 108.4 113.2 ... ...
29 110.3 109.5 116.6 120.2 108.9 112.3 118.3 ... ...
30 93.9 98.5 112.4 112.3 103.5 114.7 115.8 ... ...
31 77.7 83.6 98.5 99.6 102.1 113.5 114.8 ... ...
32 63.2 71.5 85.6 87.0 94.0 108.6 ... ... ...
33 51.0 60.9 71.7 74.9 84.6 99.9 ... ... ...
34 41.3 52.4 61.7 64.6 77.7 87.9 ... ... ...
35 31.5 44.4 50.4 53.3 67.8 77.3 ... ... ...
36 25.0 35.7 40.7 44.4 57.0 63.6 ... ... ...
37 18.1 26.9 31.3 34.6 46.8 ... ... ... ...
38 13.6 20.4 23.5 27.8 37.4 ... ... ... ...
39 9.7 14.6 16.5 21.1 28.7 ... ... ... ...
40 6.3 10.1 12.6 15.2 20.9 ... ... ... ...
41 4.4 6.5 8.1 10.3 14.0 ... ... ... ...
42 2.6 4.1 5.2 6.9 ... ... ... ... ...
43 1.6 2.6 3.0 3.7 ... ... ... ... ...
44 0.8 1.2 1.7 2.3 ... ... ... ... ...
45 0.4 0.6 0.8 1.0 ... ... ... ... ...
46 0.1 0.3 0.4 0.7 ... ... ... ... ...
47 0.1 0.1 0.2 ... ... ... ... ... ...
48 0.0 0.1 0.1 ... ... ... ... ... ...
49 0.0 0.0 0.1 ... ... ... ... ... ...
... not applicable
Note(s): Births to mothers for whom the age is unknown were prorated.
Source(s): Statistics Canada, Demography Division, Population Estimates Program and Canadian Vital Statistics, Births Database, 1926 to 2011, Survey 3231.
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