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Pregnancy

Volume 459: debated on Wednesday 18 April 2007

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the average age of primagravidas in England was in each of the last five years. (129520)

This information is not available in the format requested. However, data derived from Hospital Episode Statistics (HES) shows the age at which it is most common for women to give birth for the first time over the past five years. This is shown in the table as follows.

1 April to 31 March:

Age in years

2001-02

30

2002-03

30

2003-04

29

2004-05

30

2005-06

30