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Health > Births and maternity Stats: compare key data on Australia & Papua New Guinea

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STAT Australia Papua New Guinea HISTORY
Abortion > When abortion is legal > Rape or incest Legal Illegal
Antenatal care > Mothers getting 1+ visit during pregnancy 98.3%
Ranked 12th. 25% more than Papua New Guinea
78.8%
Ranked 42nd.

Antenatal care > Mothers getting 4+ visits during pregrancy 92%
Ranked 2nd. 68% more than Papua New Guinea
54.9%
Ranked 9th.
Average age of mother at childbirth 30.5
Ranked 15th. 2% more than Papua New Guinea
29.8
Ranked 8th.

Births attended by skill personnel 100%
Ranked 4th. 89% more than Papua New Guinea
53%
Ranked 57th.

Crude birth rate 13.4
Ranked 28th.
32.4
Ranked 8th. 2 times more than Australia

Future births 412.8
Ranked 57th. 83% more than Papua New Guinea
225.88
Ranked 77th.

Future births per million people 13.04
Ranked 138th.
29.74
Ranked 46th. 2 times more than Australia

Infant mortality rate 4.1
Ranked 164th.
48.4
Ranked 38th. 12 times more than Australia

Maternal death rate 7 per 100,000 live births
Ranked 161st.
230 per 100,000 live births
Ranked 48th. 33 times more than Australia

Maternity leave > Weeks of leave given 78
Ranked 17th. 3 times more than Papua New Guinea
26
Ranked 118th.
Number of births 297,903
Ranked 16th. 51% more than Papua New Guinea
197,492
Ranked 41st.

Number of births per thousand people 13.5
Ranked 26th.
32.4
Ranked 8th. 2 times more than Australia

Teenage birth rate 15.5
Ranked 31st.
70
Ranked 35th. 5 times more than Australia

Total fertility rate 1.89%
Ranked 74th.
1.96%
Ranked 40th. 4% more than Australia

Abortion > When abortion is legal > To preserve mental health Legal Legal
Abortion > When abortion is legal > On request Legal Illegal
Abortion > When abortion is legal > Economic or social reasons Legal Illegal
Abortion > When abortion is legal > To preserve physical health Legal Legal
Abortion > When abortion is legal > Foetal impairment Legal Illegal
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; United Nations Statistics Division. Source tables; United Nations Population Division. Source tables; United Nations Statistics Division. Source tables; United Nations Population Division. Source tables; United Nations Population 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 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

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