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

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STAT South Korea United States HISTORY
All births of boys 242,121
Ranked 14th.
2.11 million
Ranked 1st. 9 times more than South Korea

Average age of mother at childbirth 31
Ranked 7th. 11% more than United States
28
Ranked 18th.

Births attended by skill personnel 100%
Ranked 2nd. 1% more than United States
99%
Ranked 16th.

Caesarean birth rate 32%
Ranked 11th. 3% more than United States
31%
Ranked 13th.

Crude birth rate 9.8
Ranked 44th.
13.5
Ranked 24th. 38% more than South Korea

Future births 354
Ranked 64th.
5,124.49
Ranked 4th. 14 times more than South Korea

Infant mortality rate 3.3
Ranked 176th.
6
Ranked 151st. 82% more than South Korea

Maternal death rate 16 per 100,000 live births
Ranked 138th.
21 per 100,000 live births
Ranked 131st. 31% more than South Korea

Maternity leave > Weeks of leave given 18
Ranked 147th.
52
Ranked 83th. 3 times more than South Korea
Number of births 470,171
Ranked 15th.
4.13 million
Ranked 1st. 9 times more than South Korea

Number of births per thousand people 9.52
Ranked 42nd.
13.46
Ranked 23th. 42% more than South Korea

Teenage birth rate 1.8
Ranked 87th.
34.2
Ranked 18th. 19 times more than South Korea

Total fertility rate 1.84%
Ranked 136th.
1.99%
Ranked 33th. 8% more than South Korea

Twin births 13,583
Ranked 4th.
137,217
Ranked 1st. 10 times more than South Korea

Twin births per million people 272.87
Ranked 22nd.
447.29
Ranked 7th. 64% more than South Korea

Triplet births per million people 5.4
Ranked 24th.
19.25
Ranked 9th. 4 times more than South Korea

Abortion > When abortion is legal > Rape or incest Legal Legal
Single births 457,171
Ranked 3rd.
3.99 million
Ranked 1st. 9 times more than South Korea

Abortion > Attitudes of Christians towards abortion > Government should interfere 3%
Ranked 9th.
20%
Ranked 8th. 7 times more than South Korea
Abortion > Attitudes of Christians towards abortion > Government should interfere, mostly agree 56%
Ranked 1st. 2 times more than United States
24%
Ranked 5th.
Future births per million people 9.31
Ranked 185th.
13.79
Ranked 135th. 48% more than South Korea

Abortion > Attitudes of Christians towards abortion > Government should not interfere 6%
Ranked 9th.
40%
Ranked 1st. 7 times more than South Korea
Abortion > Attitudes of Christians towards abortion > Government should interfere, mostly disagree 31%
Ranked 1st. 3 times 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 0.0
Ranked 7th.
5%
Ranked 2nd.
Abortion > When abortion is legal > On request Illegal Legal
Abortion > When abortion is legal > Economic or social reasons Illegal Legal
Abortion > Attitudes of Christians towards abortion > Sometimes justified 45%
Ranked 2nd.
46%
Ranked 1st. 2% more than South Korea
Abortion > Attitudes of Christians towards abortion > Never justified 54%
Ranked 8th. 20% more than United States
45%
Ranked 9th.
All births of boys per thousand people 4.86
Ranked 68th.
6.89
Ranked 36th. 42% more than South Korea

Triplet births 269
Ranked 4th.
5,905
Ranked 1st. 22 times more than South Korea

Quadruplet and quintuplet births 84
Ranked 9th.
435
Ranked 2nd. 5 times more than South Korea

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 1.74
Ranked 35th. 22% more than United States
1.42
Ranked 9th.

All births of girls 229,144
Ranked 13th.
2.02 million
Ranked 1st. 9 times more than South Korea

All births of girls per thousand people 4.6
Ranked 68th.
6.57
Ranked 35th. 43% more than South Korea

Percent of births registered >90 >90
Abortion > When abortion is legal > To save the woman's life Legal Legal
Single births per thousand people 9.18
Ranked 29th.
13
Ranked 14th. 42% more than South Korea

SOURCES: 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; 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; 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., ); 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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