In 2023, the average age of mothers increased, by 3.1 per cent since 2013, to 33.2 years old, according to the CSO. Photograph: Getty Images
A record high of 408 babies were born to women aged 45 years and above in 2023, according to the Central Statistics Office (CSO).
This was an increase of 80.5 per cent on 2013 according to the Vital Statistics Annual Report, released by the CSO on Monday.
Meanwhile, the number of women giving birth und
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