"Figure 2: Stillbirth rates remain the highest amongst the oldest and youngest age groups","" "Stillbirth rates by age of mother in England and Wales, 2001 to 2019","" "","" "Notes","1. Based on live births and stillbirths occurring in each calendar year, plus a very small number of late registrations from the previous year." "Unit","Stillbirths per 1,000 live births and stillbirths" "","" "","Under 20 years","20 to 24 years","25 to 29 years","30 to 34 years","35 to 39 years","40 years and over" "2001","6.0","5.4","5.0","5.0","5.5","7.9" "2002","6.2","5.9","5.4","5.0","6.1","8.5" "2003","7.0","5.2","5.7","5.6","5.8","8.3" "2004","7.4","5.9","5.2","5.0","6.1","9.5" "2005","6.3","5.2","5.3","4.8","5.8","7.5" "2006","5.9","5.3","5.1","4.8","5.8","8.6" "2007","5.6","5.3","5.2","4.8","5.1","7.7" "2008","5.5","5.6","4.5","4.7","5.4","7.3" "2009","6.2","5.4","4.7","4.8","5.6","7.7" "2010","5.9","5.5","4.6","4.6","5.6","7.5" "2011","6.6","5.0","5.0","4.8","5.6","8.0" "2012","6.4","5.0","4.6","4.2","5.2","7.4" "2013","5.9","4.7","4.3","4.2","5.5","6.1" "2014","5.2","4.9","4.2","4.3","4.8","7.7" "2015","5.2","4.7","4.1","4.0","5.1","6.5" "2016","5.5","5.1","4.1","3.9","4.6","7.2" "2017","5.7","4.7","4.0","3.6","4.5","6.1" "2018","6.0","4.6","3.7","3.6","4.3","6.2" "2019","4.4","4.2","3.7","3.6","4.0","5.5"