"Figure 4: Divorces of opposite-sex couples: rates by age for men and women, 2017","" "England and Wales","" "","" "Notes","1. Rates by age have been calculated excluding the records where age was not stated. In 2017, fewer than 3 men aged under 20 divorced; rates are not calculated when there are fewer than 3 divorces as rates based on such low numbers are susceptible to inaccurate interpretation. " "Unit","Divorces per thousand married men and women" "","" "Age","Men","Women" "Under 20","","1.5" "20 to 24","7.2","10.7" "25 to 29","11.2","11.7" "30 to 34","12.2","12.3" "35 to 39","12.2","12.6" "40 to 44","12.5","12.9" "45 to 49","13.1","12.0" "50 to 54","10.4","9.2" "55 to 59","7.3","5.8" "60 and over","2.2","1.6"