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

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Age and parity of mother
Parity of mother	Age of mother ¹
Parity of mother	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 ²
	number
Total	367,864	119	15,161	58,165	112,614	115,415	55,486	10,349	505	50
First live birth	163,446	116	12,901	35,190	55,085	41,963	15,397	2,604	165	25
Second live birth	129,886	3	2,048	16,882	38,005	46,531	22,634	3,648	124	11
Third live birth	48,970	0	195	4,640	13,269	17,954	10,736	2,084	86	6
Fourth live birth	15,652	0	13	1,105	4,115	5,577	3,872	928	38	4
Fifth live birth	5,450	0	0	289	1,411	1,888	1,399	428	35	0
Sixth live birth	2,203	0	0	42	495	775	656	216	19	0
Seventh live birth	1,043	0	0	9	173	375	337	144	3	2
Eighth live birth	553	0	0	0	39	208	203	96	7	0
Ninth live birth	276	0	0	0	13	79	108	68	6	2
Tenth live birth or more	348	0	0	0	3	54	140	129	22	0
Not stated	37	0	4	8	6	11	4	4	0	0
	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	44.4	97.5	85.1	60.5	48.9	36.4	27.7	25.2	32.7	50.0
Second live birth	35.3	2.5	13.5	29.0	33.7	40.3	40.8	35.2	24.6	22.0
Third live birth	13.3	0.0	1.3	8.0	11.8	15.6	19.3	20.1	17.0	12.0
Fourth live birth	4.3	0.0	0.1	1.9	3.7	4.8	7.0	9.0	7.5	8.0
Fifth live birth	1.5	0.0	0.0	0.5	1.3	1.6	2.5	4.1	6.9	0.0
Sixth live birth	0.6	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.4	0.7	1.2	2.1	3.8	0.0
Seventh live birth	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.2	0.3	0.6	1.4	0.6	4.0
Eighth live birth	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.2	0.4	0.9	1.4	0.0
Ninth live birth	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.2	0.7	1.2	4.0
Tenth live birth or more	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.3	1.2	4.4	0.0
Not stated	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

Age of mother attained at the last birthday preceding delivery.

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