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One in three Italian babies is born by caesarean section.

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More than half of all doctors in Finland are female.

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Only 4% of married women in Chad are using contraceptives.

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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.

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The United States tops the world in plastic surgery procedures. Next comes Mexico.

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In Ethiopia, nine out of ten births occur without skilled health staff present.

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22% of American women aged 20 gave birth while in their teens. In Switzerland and Japan, only 2% did so.

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Mexican women spend 15.3% of their life in ill health.

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The average woman in New Zealand doesn't give birth until she is nearly 30 years old.

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In Botswana, more than one in three adults aged 15-49 are infected with HIV/AIDS.

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