Switzerland Births and maternity Stats
Definitions
- Abortion > Legal abortions total: Legally induced abortions by urban/rural residence of woman.
- Abortion > Legal abortions total per thousand people: Legally induced abortions by urban/rural residence of woman. Figures expressed per thousand people for the same year.
- All births of boys: Live births by sex and urban/rural residence.
- Average age of mother at childbirth: Average age of mother at first childbirth.
- Crude birth rate: Country's crude birth rate. The crude birth rate is the number of live births for every 1,000 people.
- Future births: Mid-range estimate for country's population increase due to births from five years prior to the given year. For example, from 2095 to 2100, India's population is expected to rise by 16,181 people due to births. Estimates are from the UN Population Division.
- Infant mortality rate: How many infants, out of 1000, who will die before attaining one year of age.
- Maternal death rate: Number of mothers who died giving birth, out of 100,000 births.
- Maternity leave > Weeks of leave given: Maternity leave benefits.
- Number of births: Total number of live births. A live birth refers to a birth after which the baby shows signs of life, however, if the baby dies after showing signs of life, it is still considered a live birth.
- Number of births per thousand people: Total number of live births. Figures expressed per thousand people for the same year.
- Teenage birth rate: Percentage of females aged 15-19 who give birth, out of all females the same age in the country.
- Total fertility rate: Total fertility rate.
- Twin births: Number of births, in which two children were born. A mother giving birth to twins is counted as one birth.
- Twin births per million people: Number of births, in which two children were born. A mother giving birth to twins is counted as one birth. Figures expressed per million people for the same year.
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.
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Did you know
- 22% of American women aged 20 gave birth while in their teens. In Switzerland and Japan, only 2% did so.
- Sick people is Switzerland stay in hospital for longer than the people of any other nation - almost 10 days, on average. Switzerland also has the world's highest number of hospital beds per capita.
- Most Swiss women don't have a child until they're 30.
Switzerland Health > Births and maternity Profiles (Subcategories)
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