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Office for National Statistics (ONS) figures for 2007 showed divorces in England and Wales fell for a third consecutive year, down from 12.2 divorces per 1,000 married men in 2006 to 11.9.

However, more older people, aged 60 and over, and couples in their mid to late 40s split up, the figures showed.

In 2007, there were 26.6 divorces per 1,000 married men aged 25-29, and 26.9 divorces per 1,000 women.

While the figure is at the lowest level since 1981, the number of twice married men and women divorcing in 2007 had doubled over nearly 30 years.

In 1980 only one in 10 men and women getting a divorce had been divorced before, while the figure stood at one in five in 2007.

In 2007 there were 2.3 divorces for every 1,000 men aged 60 and over and 1.6 for every 1,000 women in the same age group. The 2006 figures stand at 2.2 divorces for every 1,000 men and 1.4 for women.

Divorces among people aged 45 to 49 also increased, although more women got divorced.

In 2006 14.9 divorces took place for every 1,000 married women aged 45 to 49, a figure which rose to 15.3 by 2007.

The results for men, however, stayed the same. For every 1,000 45 to 49-year-old married men in both 2006 and 2007, 17.3 got divorced.