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Health > Births and maternity Stats: compare key data on Australia & United Kingdom

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STAT Australia United Kingdom HISTORY
Abortion > Legal abortions total 2,519
Ranked 14th.
202,402
Ranked 2nd. 80 times more than Australia

Abortion > Legal abortions total per thousand people 0.195
Ranked 17th.
3.23
Ranked 14th. 17 times more than Australia

All births of boys 154,996
Ranked 19th.
413,910
Ranked 6th. 3 times more than Australia

Average age of mother at childbirth 30.5
Ranked 15th. 4% more than United Kingdom
29.3
Ranked 9th.

Crude birth rate 13.4
Ranked 28th. 5% more than United Kingdom
12.8
Ranked 26th.

Future births 412.8
Ranked 57th.
782.05
Ranked 36th. 89% more than Australia

Infant mortality rate 4.1
Ranked 164th. The same as United Kingdom
4.1
Ranked 163th.

Maternal death rate 7 per 100,000 live births
Ranked 161st.
12 per 100,000 live births
Ranked 143th. 71% more than Australia

Maternity leave > Weeks of leave given 78
Ranked 17th.
223
Ranked 2nd. 3 times more than Australia
Number of births 297,903
Ranked 16th.
790,204
Ranked 6th. 3 times more than Australia

Number of births per thousand people 13.5
Ranked 26th. 6% more than United Kingdom
12.78
Ranked 24th.

Teenage birth rate 15.5
Ranked 31st.
25.1
Ranked 39th. 62% more than Australia

Total fertility rate 1.89%
Ranked 74th.
1.91%
Ranked 61st. 1% more than Australia

Twin births 8,919
Ranked 6th.
24,886
Ranked 2nd. 3 times more than Australia

Twin births per million people 399.53
Ranked 4th.
402.61
Ranked 12th. 1% more than Australia

Births attended by skill personnel 100%
Ranked 4th. 1% more than United Kingdom
99%
Ranked 22nd.
Caesarean birth rate 31%
Ranked 15th. 19% more than United Kingdom
26%
Ranked 23th.

Triplet births per million people 7.93
Ranked 18th.
8.11
Ranked 29th. 2% more than Australia
Abortion > When abortion is legal > Rape or incest Legal Illegal
Single births 292,512
Ranked 7th.
764,803
Ranked 4th. 3 times more than Australia

Future births per million people 13.04
Ranked 138th. 6% more than United Kingdom
12.29
Ranked 146th.

Maternity leave > Provider Social assistance system financed by the State Employer (92% refunded by public funds)
Abortion > When abortion is legal > To preserve mental health Legal Legal
Abortion > When abortion is legal > On request Legal Illegal
Abortion > When abortion is legal > Economic or social reasons Legal Legal
All births of boys per thousand people 6.94
Ranked 28th. 5% more than United Kingdom
6.6
Ranked 31st.

Triplet births 177
Ranked 7th.
501
Ranked 4th. 3 times more than Australia
Quadruplet and quintuplet births 9
Ranked 6th.
14
Ranked 9th. 56% more than Australia

Abortion > When abortion is legal > To preserve physical health Legal Legal
Abortion > When abortion is legal > Foetal impairment Legal Legal
Quadruplet and quintuplet births per million people 0.403
Ranked 11th. 78% more than United Kingdom
0.226
Ranked 15th.

All births of girls 146,621
Ranked 19th.
393,866
Ranked 6th. 3 times more than Australia

All births of girls per thousand people 6.57
Ranked 27th. 5% more than United Kingdom
6.28
Ranked 30th.

Percent of births registered >90 >90
Abortion > When abortion is legal > To save the woman's life Legal Legal
Single births per thousand people 13.1
Ranked 7th. 6% more than United Kingdom
12.37
Ranked 16th.

SOURCES: United Nations Statistics Division. Source tables; United Nations Statistics Division. Source tables. Population figures from World Bank: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects, (2) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Report (various years), (3) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (4) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (5) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme, and (6) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database.; United Nations Statistics Division. Source tables; United Nations Population Division. Source tables; United Nations Population Division. Source tables; United Nations Population Division. Source tables; United Nations Statistics Division. Source tables; United Nations Statistics Division. Source tables; United Nations Statistics Division. Source tables; United Nations Population Division. Source tables. Population figures from World Bank: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects, (2) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Report (various years), (3) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (4) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (5) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme, and (6) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database.; United Nations Statistics Division. Source tables; United Nations Population Division. Source tables; United Nations Statistics Division. Source tables; United Nations Statistics Division. Source tables. Population figures from World Bank: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects, (2) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Report (various years), (3) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (4) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (5) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme, and (6) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database.; United Nations Statistics Division. Source tables; United Nations Children's Fund. Source tables; United Nations Statistics Division. Source tables; United Nations Population Division. Source tables. Population figures from World Bank: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects, (2) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Report (various years), (3) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (4) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (5) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme, and (6) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database.; United Nations Statistics Division. Source tables; United Nations Statistics Division. Source tables. Population figures from World Bank: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects, (2) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Report (various years), (3) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (4) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (5) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme, and (6) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database.; World Health Organization. Source tables

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