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Health > Births and maternity Stats: compare key data on Canada & United States

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STAT Canada United States HISTORY
Abortion > Legal abortions total 91,310
Ranked 11th.
825,564
Ranked 2nd. 9 times more than Canada

Abortion > Legal abortions total per thousand people 2.8
Ranked 29th. 3% more than United States
2.71
Ranked 27th.

All births of boys 193,587
Ranked 16th.
2.11 million
Ranked 1st. 11 times more than Canada

Average age of mother at childbirth 29.9
Ranked 5th. 7% more than United States
28
Ranked 18th.

Crude birth rate 11.3
Ranked 30th.
13.5
Ranked 24th. 19% more than Canada

Future births 510.41
Ranked 48th.
5,124.49
Ranked 4th. 10 times more than Canada

Infant mortality rate 4.7
Ranked 158th.
6
Ranked 151st. 28% more than Canada

Maternal death rate 12 per 100,000 live births
Ranked 146th.
21 per 100,000 live births
Ranked 131st. 75% more than Canada

Maternity leave > Weeks of leave given 73
Ranked 21st. 40% more than United States
52
Ranked 83th.
Number of births 380,863
Ranked 13th.
4.13 million
Ranked 1st. 11 times more than Canada

Number of births per thousand people 11.29
Ranked 28th.
13.46
Ranked 23th. 19% more than Canada

Teenage birth rate 14.1
Ranked 62nd.
34.2
Ranked 18th. 2 times more than Canada

Total fertility rate 1.89%
Ranked 72nd.
1.99%
Ranked 33th. 5% more than Canada

Twin births 12,305
Ranked 6th.
137,217
Ranked 1st. 11 times more than Canada

Twin births per million people 364.84
Ranked 17th.
447.29
Ranked 7th. 23% more than Canada

Births attended by skill personnel 100%
Ranked 4th. 1% more than United States
99%
Ranked 16th.

Caesarean birth rate 26%
Ranked 26th.
31%
Ranked 13th. 19% more than Canada

Triplet births per million people 11.56
Ranked 18th.
19.25
Ranked 9th. 66% more than Canada

Abortion > When abortion is legal > Rape or incest Legal Legal
Single births 368,156
Ranked 10th.
3.99 million
Ranked 1st. 11 times more than Canada

Future births per million people 10.76
Ranked 162nd.
13.79
Ranked 135th. 28% more than Canada

Abortion > When abortion is legal > To preserve mental health Legal Legal
Abortion > When abortion is legal > On request Legal Legal
Abortion > When abortion is legal > Economic or social reasons Legal Legal
All births of boys per thousand people 5.61
Ranked 50th.
6.89
Ranked 36th. 23% more than Canada

Triplet births 390
Ranked 6th.
5,905
Ranked 1st. 15 times more than Canada

Quadruplet and quintuplet births 12
Ranked 11th.
435
Ranked 2nd. 36 times more than Canada

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 0.356
Ranked 13th.
1.42
Ranked 9th. 4 times more than Canada

All births of girls 184,049
Ranked 16th.
2.02 million
Ranked 1st. 11 times more than Canada

All births of girls per thousand people 5.34
Ranked 48th.
6.57
Ranked 35th. 23% more than Canada

Percent of births registered >90 >90
Abortion > When abortion is legal > To save the woman's life Legal Legal
Single births per thousand people 10.92
Ranked 32nd.
13
Ranked 14th. 19% more than Canada

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. 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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