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

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STAT Japan United States HISTORY
Abortion > Legal abortions total 202,106
Ranked 3rd.
825,564
Ranked 2nd. 4 times more than Japan

Abortion > Legal abortions total per thousand people 1.58
Ranked 27th.
2.71
Ranked 27th. 72% more than Japan

All births of boys 538,271
Ranked 5th.
2.11 million
Ranked 1st. 4 times more than Japan

Average age of mother at childbirth 30.6
Ranked 13th. 9% more than United States
28
Ranked 18th.

Crude birth rate 8.4
Ranked 52nd.
13.5
Ranked 24th. 61% more than Japan

Future births 752.78
Ranked 37th.
5,124.49
Ranked 4th. 7 times more than Japan

Infant mortality rate 2.2
Ranked 190th.
6
Ranked 151st. 3 times more than Japan

Maternal death rate 5 per 100,000 live births
Ranked 169th.
21 per 100,000 live births
Ranked 131st. 4 times more than Japan

Maternity leave > Weeks of leave given 60
Ranked 43th. 15% more than United States
52
Ranked 83th.
Number of births 1.07 million
Ranked 6th.
4.13 million
Ranked 1st. 4 times more than Japan

Number of births per thousand people 8.41
Ranked 48th.
13.46
Ranked 23th. 60% more than Japan

Teenage birth rate 4.6
Ranked 15th.
34.2
Ranked 18th. 7 times more than Japan

Total fertility rate 1.85%
Ranked 118th.
1.99%
Ranked 33th. 8% more than Japan

Twin births 19,196
Ranked 2nd.
137,217
Ranked 1st. 7 times more than Japan

Twin births per million people 150.18
Ranked 36th.
447.29
Ranked 7th. 3 times more than Japan

Births attended by skill personnel 100%
Ranked 5th. 1% more than United States
99%
Ranked 16th.

Triplet births per million people 3.23
Ranked 28th.
19.25
Ranked 9th. 6 times more than Japan

Abortion > When abortion is legal > Rape or incest Legal Legal
Single births 1.03 million
Ranked 1st.
3.99 million
Ranked 1st. 4 times more than Japan

Future births per million people 8.67
Ranked 188th.
13.79
Ranked 135th. 59% more than Japan

Abortion > When abortion is legal > To preserve mental health Illegal Legal
Abortion > When abortion is legal > On request Illegal Legal
Abortion > When abortion is legal > Economic or social reasons Legal Legal
All births of boys per thousand people 4.21
Ranked 80th.
6.89
Ranked 36th. 64% more than Japan

Triplet births 413
Ranked 3rd.
5,905
Ranked 1st. 14 times more than Japan

Quadruplet and quintuplet births 10
Ranked 5th.
435
Ranked 2nd. 44 times more than Japan

Abortion > When abortion is legal > To preserve physical health Legal Legal
Abortion > When abortion is legal > Foetal impairment Illegal Legal
Quadruplet and quintuplet births per million people 0.0782
Ranked 15th.
1.42
Ranked 9th. 18 times more than Japan

All births of girls 512,535
Ranked 5th.
2.02 million
Ranked 1st. 4 times more than Japan

All births of girls per thousand people 4.01
Ranked 79th.
6.57
Ranked 35th. 64% more than Japan

Percent of births registered >90 >90
Abortion > When abortion is legal > To save the woman's life Legal Legal
Single births per thousand people 8.07
Ranked 38th.
13
Ranked 14th. 61% more than Japan

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 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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