Table 6-2
Live births, Canada — Age and parity of mother

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Age and parity of mother


Table summary
This table displays the results of age and parity of mother. The information is grouped by parity of mother (appearing as row headers), age of mother and all ages, calculated using all ages, under 15  years, 15 to  19 years, 20 to  24 years, 25 to  29 years, 30 to  34 years, 35 to  39 years, 40 to  44 years, 45 to  49 years, not stated, number and percent units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Parity of mother Age of motherNote 1
All ages Under 15  years 15 to  19 years 20 to  24 years 25 to  29 years 30 to  34 years 35 to  39 years 40 to  44 years 45 to  49 years Not statedNote 2
  number
Total 380,863 104 15,534 57,778 116,878 120,734 57,733 11,364 605 133
First live birth 167,564 102 13,120 34,835 57,066 43,665 15,648 2,896 179 53
Second live birth 133,413 1 2,117 16,721 39,252 47,874 23,256 3,985 179 28
Third live birth 51,747 1 262 4,662 13,731 19,201 11,503 2,262 112 13
Fourth live birth 17,202 0 30 1,220 4,547 6,066 4,239 1,046 49 5
Fifth live birth 6,024 0 2 260 1,467 2,252 1,506 504 29 4
Sixth live birth 2,719 0 0 65 565 987 774 304 18 6
Seventh live birth 902 0 0 3 141 329 296 124 9 0
Eighth live birth 480 0 0 0 48 161 191 70 10 0
Ninth live birth 275 0 0 0 13 72 124 60 6 0
Tenth live birth or more 272 0 0 0 6 49 119 83 14 1
Not stated 265 0 3 12 42 78 77 30 0 23
  percent
Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
First live birth 44.0 98.1 84.5 60.3 48.8 36.2 27.1 25.5 29.6 39.8
Second live birth 35.0 1.0 13.6 28.9 33.6 39.7 40.3 35.1 29.6 21.1
Third live birth 13.6 1.0 1.7 8.1 11.7 15.9 19.9 19.9 18.5 9.8
Fourth live birth 4.5 0.0 0.2 2.1 3.9 5.0 7.3 9.2 8.1 3.8
Fifth live birth 1.6 0.0 0.0 0.4 1.3 1.9 2.6 4.4 4.8 3.0
Sixth live birth 0.7 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.5 0.8 1.3 2.7 3.0 4.5
Seventh live birth 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.3 0.5 1.1 1.5 0.0
Eighth live birth 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.3 0.6 1.7 0.0
Ninth live birth 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.5 1.0 0.0
Tenth live birth or more 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.7 2.3 0.8
Not stated 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.3 0.0 17.3
Note 1.

Age of mother attained at the last birthday preceding delivery.

Note 2.

For confidentiality reasons, live births to mothers aged 50 and over are included in the category "Age of mother, not stated." Where information is unavailable on the birth mother of children who are adopted, these records are included in the category "Age of mother, not stated."

Note(s): See "Data quality, concepts and methodology — Explanatory notes for the tables".
Source(s): Statistics Canada, Canadian Vital Statistics, Birth Database (CANSIM table "http://www5.statcan.gc.ca/cansim/a03?&lang=eng&pattern=102-4508&p2=38" title="CANSIM table 102-4508">102-4508).
1.
Age of mother attained at the last birthday preceding delivery.
2.
For confidentiality reasons, live births to mothers aged 50 and over are included in the category "Age of mother, not stated." Where information is unavailable on the birth mother of children who are adopted, these records are included in the category "Age of mother, not stated."
Note(s):
See "Data quality, concepts and methodology — Explanatory notes for the tables".
Source(s):
Statistics Canada, Canadian Vital Statistics, Birth Database (CANSIM table 102-4508).
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