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

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STAT Belgium United States HISTORY
Abortion > Legal abortions total 19,578
Ranked 15th.
825,564
Ranked 2nd. 42 times more than Belgium

Abortion > Legal abortions total per thousand people 1.77
Ranked 25th.
2.71
Ranked 27th. 53% more than Belgium

All births of boys 65,000
Ranked 11th.
2.11 million
Ranked 1st. 33 times more than Belgium

Average age of mother at childbirth 29.4
Ranked 9th. 5% more than United States
28
Ranked 18th.

Crude birth rate 11.8
Ranked 28th.
13.5
Ranked 24th. 14% more than Belgium

Future births 131.38
Ranked 91st.
5,124.49
Ranked 4th. 39 times more than Belgium

Infant mortality rate 3.4
Ranked 170th.
6
Ranked 151st. 76% more than Belgium

Maternal death rate 8 per 100,000 live births
Ranked 152nd.
21 per 100,000 live births
Ranked 131st. 3 times more than Belgium

Maternity leave > Weeks of leave given 65
Ranked 33th. 25% more than United States
52
Ranked 83th.
Number of births 127,297
Ranked 18th.
4.13 million
Ranked 1st. 32 times more than Belgium

Number of births per thousand people 11.79
Ranked 26th.
13.46
Ranked 23th. 14% more than Belgium

Teenage birth rate 10.8
Ranked 72nd.
34.2
Ranked 18th. 3 times more than Belgium

Total fertility rate 1.96%
Ranked 41st.
1.99%
Ranked 33th. 2% more than Belgium

Twin births 4,378
Ranked 17th.
137,217
Ranked 1st. 31 times more than Belgium

Twin births per million people 408.78
Ranked 10th.
447.29
Ranked 7th. 9% more than Belgium

Caesarean birth rate 18%
Ranked 55th.
31%
Ranked 13th. 72% more than Belgium

Triplet births per million people 5.42
Ranked 35th.
19.25
Ranked 9th. 4 times more than Belgium

Abortion > When abortion is legal > Rape or incest Legal Legal
Single births 122,769
Ranked 19th.
3.99 million
Ranked 1st. 32 times more than Belgium

Future births per million people 11.5
Ranked 153th.
13.79
Ranked 135th. 20% more than Belgium

Abortion > When abortion is legal > To preserve mental health Legal Legal
Abortion > When abortion is legal > On request Legal Legal
Abortion > When abortion is legal > Economic or social reasons Legal Legal
All births of boys per thousand people 5.83
Ranked 18th.
6.89
Ranked 36th. 18% more than Belgium

Triplet births 58
Ranked 21st.
5,905
Ranked 1st. 102 times more than Belgium

Quadruplet and quintuplet births 0.0
Ranked 38th.
435
Ranked 2nd.

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 0.0
Ranked 38th.
1.42
Ranked 9th.

All births of girls 62,000
Ranked 11th.
2.02 million
Ranked 1st. 33 times more than Belgium

All births of girls per thousand people 5.56
Ranked 17th.
6.57
Ranked 35th. 18% more than Belgium

Percent of births registered >90 >90
Abortion > When abortion is legal > To save the woman's life Legal Legal
Single births per thousand people 11.46
Ranked 26th.
13
Ranked 14th. 13% more than Belgium

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.; United Nations Children's Fund. 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. 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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