Description for figure 2
Fertility rate by age group, Canada, 1926 to 2011

The title of the graph is "Figure 2 Fertility rate by age group, Canada, 1926 to 2011."
This is a line chart.
There are in total 86 categories in the horizontal axis. The vertical axis starts at 0 and ends at 250 with ticks every 50 points.
There are 6 series in this graph.
The vertical axis is "rate per 1,000."
The units of the horizontal axis are years from 1926 to 2011.
The title of series 1 is "15 to 19 years."
The minimum value is 12.6 occurring in 2011.
The maximum value is 59.7 occurring in 1959.
The title of series 2 is "20 to 24 years."
The minimum value is 45.7 occurring in 2011.
The maximum value is 233.6 occurring in 1960 and 1961.
The title of series 3 is "25 to 29 years."
The minimum value is 95.2 occurring in 2011.
The maximum value is 225.9 occurring in 1959.
The title of series 4 is "30 to 34 years."
The minimum value is 64.5 occurring in 1976.
The maximum value is 155.9 occurring in 1954.
The title of series 5 is "35 to 39 years."
The minimum value is 18.9 occurring in 1978.
The maximum value is 114.6 occurring in 1926.
The title of series 6 is "40 to 44 years."
The minimum value is 3 occurring in 1983, 1984 and 1985.
The maximum value is 50.6 occurring in 1926.

Data table for figure 2
  15 to 19 years 20 to 24 years 25 to 29 years 30 to 34 years 35 to 39 years 40 to 44 years
1926 28.9 140.0 177.4 153.9 114.6 50.6
1927 29.5 140.0 173.6 151.2 113.8 49.3
1928 30.1 140.4 172.8 149.9 110.9 48.7
1929 30.2 140.0 172.4 144.2 104.8 46.1
1930 30.4 143.1 176.0 147.9 106.7 46.5
1931 29.8 137.3 175.2 145.2 103.0 43.9
1932 28.6 129.7 168.4 140.6 100.4 43.6
1933 27.3 117.9 155.6 132.8 94.8 39.2
1934 26.1 113.3 151.2 133.0 92.9 39.1
1935 26.4 112.7 148.5 128.6 92.5 37.2
1936 25.6 112.3 144.3 126.4 89.9 36.2
1937 25.6 113.8 142.2 123.4 85.2 34.6
1938 26.8 121.4 145.3 123.8 84.7 33.9
1939 27.1 119.8 144.0 120.4 82.9 32.5
1940 29.2 130.4 152.6 122.8 81.7 32.6
1941 30.6 138.5 159.8 122.3 79.9 31.5
1942 31.8 145.2 168.7 128.0 82.9 32.3
1943 31.7 150.1 176.3 135.7 88.1 32.2
1944 31.2 143.3 168.7 134.1 88.1 33.0
1945 31.5 143.3 166.9 134.3 90.2 33.5
1946 36.3 169.6 191.4 146.0 93.1 34.4
1947 42.4 189.1 206.4 150.5 93.0 34.1
1948 43.0 181.1 197.6 141.4 88.9 32.6
1949 45.0 181.6 201.3 139.7 88.8 31.5
1950 45.7 181.2 200.6 141.2 87.7 30.7
1951 47.7 188.5 198.7 144.4 86.4 30.8
1952 49.9 200.2 204.4 150.2 87.0 30.5
1953 51.5 207.4 207.7 152.6 87.7 31.0
1954 53.8 216.7 212.6 155.9 88.2 32.2
1955 53.7 217.5 214.5 153.3 89.3 32.0
1956 55.3 221.5 219.4 149.7 89.3 30.6
1957 59.4 225.9 223.1 148.6 90.2 30.4
1958 58.6 225.7 222.5 147.3 87.2 28.7
1959 59.7 233.0 225.9 147.1 86.9 28.4
1960 59.5 233.6 224.4 146.2 84.2 28.4
1961 57.9 233.6 219.2 144.9 81.1 28.5
1962 54.8 231.6 214.7 143.1 77.1 27.5
1963 52.8 226.1 210.6 140.3 75.8 25.9
1964 50.0 212.8 203.1 134.9 72.0 25.1
1965 49.1 188.6 181.8 119.4 65.9 22.0
1966 48.0 169.1 163.5 103.3 57.5 19.1
1967 45.0 161.4 152.6 91.8 50.9 15.9
1968 43.1 152.8 149.0 86.4 44.9 13.8
1969 42.3 147.9 150.1 85.1 42.7 12.5
1970 42.9 143.5 147.4 82.0 39.0 11.3
1971 38.9 129.4 138.5 75.9 33.3 9.3
1972 37.4 118.7 130.2 70.3 28.7 7.6
1973 36.4 113.3 128.5 65.9 25.3 6.3
1974 34.9 109.6 128.9 65.5 22.8 5.4
1975 35.1 109.8 130.3 65.0 21.6 4.8
1976 33.2 105.8 127.6 64.5 21.0 4.4
1977 31.6 103.7 126.2 65.7 20.3 3.6
1978 29.4 99.6 124.0 65.8 18.9 3.5
1979 27.5 98.1 126.0 67.2 19.1 3.3
1980 27.1 96.1 124.8 66.9 19.1 3.1
1981 26.1 92.3 123.9 67.0 19.2 3.2
1982 26.3 91.3 121.1 67.6 19.9 3.1
1983 24.7 88.8 120.6 69.3 20.3 3.0
1984 24.2 85.5 121.8 71.8 21.3 3.0
1985 23.5 82.1 121.4 72.7 21.6 3.0
1986 23.1 79.5 119.7 72.9 22.3 3.2
1987 22.9 76.8 117.5 73.6 23.3 3.3
1988 23.2 77.4 118.5 75.7 24.8 3.6
1989 24.7 79.4 120.2 79.7 26.0 3.7
1990 25.6 80.3 123.2 83.6 27.7 3.9
1991 26.2 79.2 122.1 84.4 28.4 3.9
1992 25.9 76.5 121.2 86.1 29.0 4.2
1993 25.2 74.9 117.4 86.0 29.7 4.4
1994 25.2 73.8 116.8 87.0 30.5 4.7
1995 24.6 72.2 113.2 88.1 31.5 4.9
1996 22.4 68.7 109.6 87.2 32.6 5.1
1997 20.2 64.6 104.7 84.9 32.6 5.2
1998 20.0 64.1 102.8 85.2 32.9 5.3
1999 18.8 61.8 101.6 86.7 33.8 5.6
2000 17.2 59.0 98.8 86.3 34.1 5.9
2001 16.1 56.5 100.4 91.5 35.7 6.1
2002 15.0 54.2 98.0 91.3 36.4 6.2
2003 14.5 53.0 99.6 94.6 38.8 6.5
2004 13.6 51.3 98.7 97.3 40.4 6.9
2005 13.3 50.7 99.1 99.3 42.7 7.1
2006 13.5 51.4 100.5 103.3 45.8 7.4
2007 14.0 52.5 101.6 106.0 48.5 7.9
2008 14.3 53.0 102.0 107.4 50.2 8.4
2009 14.2 51.2 100.6 107.1 50.7 9.2
2010 13.5 48.0 96.4 105.8 51.7 9.9
2011 12.6 45.7 95.2 105.9 52.3 10.3
Note:
Births to mothers for whom the age is unknown were prorated.
Sources:
Statistics Canada, Canadian Vital Statistics, Births Database, 1926 to 2011, Survey 3231 and Demography Division, demographic estimates.
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