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3.15 Live births, by order of birth. Per cent

Year	In wedlock							In and out of wedlock1
	Total	Order of birth						Total	Order of birth
		1	2	3	4	5 and over	Unknown		1	2	3	4	5 and over	Unknown
1929-32	100.0	30.2	21.2	14.5	20.2	23.7	0.2	100.0	..	..	..	..	..	-
1933-35	100.0	34.8	22.6	14.3	9.1	19.1	0.1	100.0	..	..	..	..	..	-
1936-40	100.0	41.1	24.4	13.4	7.7	13.3	0.1	100.0	..	..	..	..	..	-
1941-45	100.0	40.9	28.1	14.3	7.2	9.0	0.5	100.0	..	..	..	..	..	-
1946-50	100.0	36.6	29.9	16.5	8.0	8.3	0.7	100.0	..	..	..	..	..	-
1951-55	100.0	37.9	30.2	16.5	8.0	7.4	0.0	100.0	..	..	..	..	..	-
1956-60	100.0	35.2	31.7	18.2	8.3	6.6	0.0	100.0	..	..	..	..	..	-
1961-65	100.0	34.2	30.5	19.5	9.1	6.7	0.0	100.0	..	..	..	..	..	-
1966-70	100.0	38.3	30.5	17.7	8.1	5.4	0.0	100.0	238.4	230.3	217.7	2, 313.7	..	-
1971-75	100.0	42.0	34.0	15.2	5.6	3.2	-	100.0	41.5	33.7	15.6	39.2	..	-
1976-80	100.0	42.7	37.3	14.3	3.9	1.8	0.0	100.0	41.9	33.6	14.7	36.2	..	0.6
1981-85	100.0	39.9	37.4	16.6	4.2	1.8	0.0	100.0	42.2	35.5	15.8	4.2	1.8	0.6
1986-90	100.0	31.2	40.6	20.8	5.3	2.0	0.1	100.0	43.6	34.8	16.0	4.1	1.5	0.1
1991-95	100.0	27.7	40.0	23.3	6.4	2.4	0.2	100.0	41.4	35.6	16.8	4.5	1.6	0.1
1996-00	100.0	29.4	37.2	24.0	6.7	2.8	0.1	100.0	40.9	34.7	17.8	4.8	1.8	0.0
2001-05	100.0	30.3	39.2	21.9	5.9	2.6	-	100.0	41.2	36.3	16.4	4.3	1.8	-

1	Figures for 1967-1985 are from the Medical Birth Registry and do also comprise stillbirths. This has very little impact on the relative distribution in the table.
2	Average for the period 1967-1970.
3	4 and over.
Source: Population Statistics and Medical Birth Registry.
More information:  http://www.ssb.no/english/subjects/02/02/10/fodte_en/

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