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STAT South Africa United States HISTORY
Abortion > Legal abortions total 28,978
Ranked 21st.
825,564
Ranked 2nd. 28 times more than South Africa

Abortion > Legal abortions total per thousand people 0.692
Ranked 49th.
2.71
Ranked 27th. 4 times more than South Africa

Abortion > When abortion is legal > Rape or incest Legal Legal
Average age of mother at childbirth 28.7
Ranked 14th. 2% more than United States
28
Ranked 18th.

Births attended by skill personnel 91.2%
Ranked 27th.
99%
Ranked 16th. 9% more than South Africa

Caesarean birth rate 21%
Ranked 42nd.
31%
Ranked 13th. 48% more than South Africa

Crude birth rate 21.7
Ranked 11th. 61% more than United States
13.5
Ranked 24th.

Future births 708.87
Ranked 40th.
5,124.49
Ranked 4th. 7 times more than South Africa

Infant mortality rate 33.3
Ranked 60th. 6 times more than United States
6
Ranked 151st.

Maternal death rate 300 per 100,000 live births
Ranked 35th. 14 times more than United States
21 per 100,000 live births
Ranked 131st.

Maternity leave > Weeks of leave given 4
Ranked 173th.
52
Ranked 83th. 13 times more than South Africa
Number of births 1.06 million
Ranked 4th.
4.13 million
Ranked 1st. 4 times more than South Africa

Number of births per thousand people 21.96
Ranked 10th. 63% more than United States
13.46
Ranked 23th.

Teenage birth rate 54
Ranked 23th. 58% more than United States
34.2
Ranked 18th.

Total fertility rate 1.83%
Ranked 141st.
1.99%
Ranked 33th. 9% more than South Africa

Abortion > Attitudes of Christians towards abortion > Government should interfere 28%
Ranked 5th. 40% more than United States
20%
Ranked 8th.
Abortion > Attitudes of Christians towards abortion > Government should interfere, mostly agree 25%
Ranked 3rd. 4% more than United States
24%
Ranked 5th.
Future births per million people 22.01
Ranked 75th. 60% more than United States
13.79
Ranked 135th.

Abortion > Attitudes of Christians towards abortion > Government should not interfere 21%
Ranked 5th.
40%
Ranked 1st. 90% more than South Africa
Abortion > Attitudes of Christians towards abortion > Government should interfere, mostly disagree 19%
Ranked 3rd. 58% more than United States
12%
Ranked 7th.
Abortion > When abortion is legal > To preserve mental health Legal Legal
Abortion > Attitudes of Christians towards Abortion > Always justified 8%
Ranked 1st. 60% more than United States
5%
Ranked 2nd.
Abortion > When abortion is legal > On request Legal Legal
Abortion > When abortion is legal > Economic or social reasons Legal Legal
Abortion > Attitudes of Christians towards abortion > Sometimes justified 16%
Ranked 5th.
46%
Ranked 1st. 3 times more than South Africa
Abortion > Attitudes of Christians towards abortion > Never justified 73%
Ranked 6th. 62% more than United States
45%
Ranked 9th.
Abortion > When abortion is legal > To preserve physical health Legal Legal
Abortion > When abortion is legal > Foetal impairment Legal Legal
Percent of births registered 78 >90
Abortion > When abortion is legal > To save the woman's life Legal Legal

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 Statistics Division. Source tables; United Nations Children's Fund. 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; Wikipedia: Societal attitudes towards abortion (Christianity); 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.; Wikipedia: Societal attitudes towards abortion (Christianity) (The Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life. (October 5, 2006). Spirit and Power: A 10-Country Survey of Pentecostals . Retrieved February 13, 2007., ); World Health Organization. Source tables

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