In 2021, the average age at which Italian women had a child was 32.3 years. This statistic shows the distribution of childbirths in Italy in that year according to the age of the mother. Unsurprisingly, the most represented age group was the one going from 30 to 34 years, with 34.9 percent of the mothers giving birth belonging to this age group. As much as 8.7 percent of childbirths in the country were given by women older than 40 years.
Distribution of childbirths in Italy in 2021, by age of mother
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Catholic University of the Sacred Heart or Catholic University of Milan, & Istituto Superiore di Sanità. (May 31, 2023). Distribution of childbirths in Italy in 2021, by age of mother [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved January 09, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1318079/distribution-of-childbirths-in-italy-by-mother-s-age/
Catholic University of the Sacred Heart or Catholic University of Milan, und Istituto Superiore di Sanità. "Distribution of childbirths in Italy in 2021, by age of mother." Chart. May 31, 2023. Statista. Accessed January 09, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1318079/distribution-of-childbirths-in-italy-by-mother-s-age/
Catholic University of the Sacred Heart or Catholic University of Milan, Istituto Superiore di Sanità. (2023). Distribution of childbirths in Italy in 2021, by age of mother. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: January 09, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1318079/distribution-of-childbirths-in-italy-by-mother-s-age/
Catholic University of the Sacred Heart or Catholic University of Milan, and Istituto Superiore di Sanità. "Distribution of Childbirths in Italy in 2021, by Age of Mother." Statista, Statista Inc., 31 May 2023, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1318079/distribution-of-childbirths-in-italy-by-mother-s-age/
Catholic University of the Sacred Heart or Catholic University of Milan & Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Distribution of childbirths in Italy in 2021, by age of mother Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1318079/distribution-of-childbirths-in-italy-by-mother-s-age/ (last visited January 09, 2025)
Distribution of childbirths in Italy in 2021, by age of mother [Graph], Catholic University of the Sacred Heart or Catholic University of Milan, & Istituto Superiore di Sanità, May 31, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1318079/distribution-of-childbirths-in-italy-by-mother-s-age/