"Figure 2b: Marriage rates across age groups for women have generally decreased","" "Marriage rates for women in opposite-sex marriages by age-group, England and Wales, 1999 to 2019","" "","" "Notes","" "Unit","Rate: number of women marrying per 1,000 unmarried female population aged 16 years and over" "","" "Year","Under 20 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","50 to 54 years","55 to 59 years","60 to 64 years","65 years and over" "1999","6.7","37.4","73.1","62.3","43.3","32.3","24.9","18.0","9.5","5.3","0.8" "2000","6.6","35.8","70.9","63.0","44.5","33.1","26.2","18.7","9.8","5.3","0.8" "2001","5.6","32.4","65.9","58.2","40.2","29.5","22.8","16.3","9.0","5.1","0.7" "2002","5.4","31.9","67.2","64.0","44.9","34.4","26.6","19.8","11.2","5.6","0.8" "2003","5.4","31.5","70.3","67.7","49.0","35.9","28.8","22.3","12.1","6.9","0.9" "2004","5.0","30.5","68.8","70.2","50.8","34.3","30.3","22.8","12.0","7.1","0.9" "2005","3.2","24.4","60.6","64.5","45.7","33.1","27.2","20.0","12.1","7.1","0.9" "2006","2.8","22.1","57.7","62.3","42.6","29.9","26.0","18.3","11.6","6.6","0.9" "2007","2.6","21.0","55.3","60.0","43.7","27.7","25.4","19.2","10.9","6.8","0.9" "2008","2.4","20.1","56.1","61.5","40.1","27.7","23.4","18.2","11.3","7.1","0.9" "2009","2.2","19.7","55.9","61.8","38.7","26.5","21.2","16.7","10.3","6.5","0.9" "2010","2.0","20.3","57.3","65.7","39.8","25.8","21.9","16.6","10.8","6.0","1.0" "2011","2.1","19.6","56.8","61.7","41.6","26.6","21.0","16.6","11.0","6.0","1.1" "2012","2.2","19.8","59.5","66.5","46.1","29.6","22.3","18.0","11.5","7.2","1.2" "2013","1.8","16.8","54.4","63.7","42.0","26.3","21.3","16.5","11.6","6.5","1.2" "2014","1.6","16.0","54.5","60.9","42.9","26.5","22.1","16.7","12.9","6.9","1.4" "2015","1.1","13.7","50.3","60.2","39.4","26.6","21.7","18.1","13.1","7.4","1.4" "2016","1.1","13.1","51.1","59.6","39.0","28.3","22.5","20.4","13.7","8.3","1.6" "2017","1.0","12.0","48.9","61.7","41.3","26.9","21.9","18.7","13.6","8.6","1.7" "2018","0.9","11.1","45.8","56.6","37.2","25.8","20.3","17.8","13.4","7.8","1.7" "2019","0.9","9.8","41.4","53.2","37.4","24.2","19.4","16.2","11.9","7.9","1.7"