Description for figure 4
Fertility rate by age for selected cohorts, Canada

The title of the graph is "Figure 4 Fertility rate by age for selected cohorts, Canada."
This is a line chart.
There are in total 35 categories in the horizontal axis. The vertical axis starts at 0 and ends at 180 with ticks every 20 points.
There are 9 series in this graph.
The vertical axis is "rate per 1,000."
The horizontal axis is "age."
The title of series 1 is "1946."
The minimum value is 0 and it corresponds to "48 and 49."
The maximum value is 163.8 and it corresponds to "24."
The title of series 2 is "1955."
The minimum value is 0 and it corresponds to "49."
The maximum value is 131 and it corresponds to "26."
The title of series 3 is "1960."
The minimum value is 0.1 and it corresponds to "48 and 49."
The maximum value is 124.5 and it corresponds to "27."
The title of series 4 is "1965."
The minimum value is 0.7 and it corresponds to "46."
The maximum value is 125.4 and it corresponds to "27."
The title of series 5 is "1970."
The minimum value is 4.2 and it corresponds to "15."
The maximum value is 110.1 and it corresponds to "28."
The title of series 6 is "1975."
The minimum value is 4.6 and it corresponds to "15."
The maximum value is 114.7 and it corresponds to "30."
The title of series 7 is "1980."
The minimum value is 4.6 and it corresponds to "15."
The maximum value is 118.3 and it corresponds to "29."
The title of series 8 is "1985."
The minimum value is 2.9 and it corresponds to "15."
The maximum value is 85.5 and it corresponds to "26."
The title of series 9 is "1990."
The minimum value is 2.1 and it corresponds to "15."
The maximum value is 37.2 and it corresponds to "21."

Data table for figure 4
  1946 1955 1960 1965 1970 1975 1980 1985 1990
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            
Note:
Births to mothers for whom the age is unknown were prorated.
Sources:
Statistics Canada, Canadian Vital Statistics, Births Database, 1946 to 2011, Survey 3231 and Demography Division, demographic estimates.
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