To ask the Scottish Executive how many (a) births, (b) births outside marriage, (c) births to teenagers, (d) marriages, (e) civil marriages, (f) divorces and (g) deaths broken down by gender there were in each year since 2000 and what the average (i) age at first marriage and (ii) length of marriage at divorce was in each year The information requested is given in the following table. As is conventional with such data, the average age at first marriage is given separately for males and females and the "average" length of marriage at divorce is expressed as a median. 200020012002*Births 53,076 52,527 51,272 Births Outside Marriage 22,625 22,760 22,534 Births to Teenage Mothers 4,599 4,444 4,195 Marriages 30,367 29,621 29,827 Civil Marriages 12,079 11,487 11,449 Divorces 11,143 10,631 10,725 Deaths - Males 27,511 27,324 27,743 Deaths - Females 30,288 30,058 30,361 Average age at First Marriage - Males 30.5 30.7 31.0 Average age at First Marriage - Females 28.6 28.8 29.1 Median Duration of Marriage at Divorce (Years) 13 13 14 Note:*Data for 2002 are provisional.