Table 18. -- Assumed Central Divorce Rates for Alternative II by Age of Husband and Wife
(Per hundred thousand unmarried of each sex)
Age group
of husband
Age group of wife
14-19
20-24
25-29
30-34
35-39
40-44
45-49
50-54
14-19 5,460.1 7,030.4 4,046.8 7,475.6 8,277.7 6,813.6 4,705.9 1,856.1
20-24 6,872.3 5,697.7 4,301.4 4,808.4 6,957.1 7,965.7 7,256.3 4,879.2
25-29 5,562.3 5,205.2 4,134.7 3,561.7 5,075.5 6,812.7 7,114.4 5,664.2
30-34 6,267.0 4,461.4 3,916.6 3,127.2 3,427.7 4,703.5 5,474.3 5,206.2
35-39 7,403.7 5,095.9 3,874.1 2,877.1 2,580.4 2,794.0 3,685.3 4,076.2
40-44 7,403.1 5,873.8 4,594.9 3,230.5 2,177.5 2,004.2 2,105.9 2,600.3
45-49 6,589.4 5,958.2 4,914.3 3,540.5 2,368.6 1,583.5 1,330.8 1,327.7
50-54 4,517.5 5,034.7 4,554.0 3,706.0 2,721.7 1,666.2 1,026.6 806.4
55-59 3,502.6 4,123.1 3,896.6 3,605.1 2,903.8 1,966.4 1,070.4 557.3
60-64 3,533.6 3,457.2 3,598.1 3,582.2 2,966.6 2,052.3 1,134.9 537.1
65-69 2,400.0 3,315.6 3,410.2 3,600.9 2,907.9 2,051.3 1,156.6 569.7
70-74 -- 2,760.1 3,528.7 3,324.6 2,826.6 1,963.2 1,133.9 576.9
75-79 -- 776.7 4,554.1 3,455.1 2,542.6 1,819.6 1,090.9 570.7
80-84 -- -- -- 789.0 1,079.9 1,179.6 838.9 677.3
85-89 -- -- -- -- -- -- 151.1 508.1

Age group
of husband
Age group of wife
55-59
60-64
65-69
70-74
75-79
80-84
85-89
14-19 -- -- -- -- -- -- --
20-24 2,527.6 1,120.1 451.8 -- -- -- --
25-29 3,430.7 2,764.3 2,005.5 163.0 -- -- --
30-34 3,916.5 3,454.4 2,583.3 1,771.5 783.5 -- --
35-39 3,475.5 3,245.4 2,773.8 2,517.6 2,003.1 -- --
40-44 2,569.0 2,563.4 2,463.1 2,259.1 1,705.4 -- --
45-49 1,469.0 1,558.3 1,554.0 1,442.0 1,425.9 -- --
50-54 675.2 751.7 793.7 799.3 893.0 186.2 --
55-59 272.1 262.3 317.7 353.1 406.0 50.3 --
60-64 246.8 240.4 254.0 253.7 250.8 319.6 --
65-69 273.9 245.2 247.4 241.7 223.0 246.5 263.9
70-74 278.7 247.4 247.5 243.5 229.0 238.9 272.4
75-79 281.2 234.9 242.6 235.1 231.6 267.1 300.4
80-84 301.1 222.1 215.9 219.0 230.5 250.8 231.0
85-89 336.5 296.2 265.2 264.2 242.9 196.8 170.9

Note: The central divorce rate is the ratio of the number of divorces during the year in the tabulated age cell to the midyear number of married couples in that cell.