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Health > Births and maternity Stats: compare key data on Brazil & South Africa

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STAT Brazil South Africa HISTORY
Abortion > When abortion is legal > Rape or incest Legal Legal
Antenatal care > Mothers getting 1+ visit during pregnancy 98.2%
Ranked 8th. 1% more than South Africa
97.1%
Ranked 14th.

Antenatal care > Mothers getting 4+ visits during pregrancy 90.5%
Ranked 3rd. 4% more than South Africa
87.1%
Ranked 4th.

Average age of mother at childbirth 26.4
Ranked 21st.
28.7
Ranked 14th. 9% more than Brazil

Births attended by skill personnel 97%
Ranked 32nd. 6% more than South Africa
91.2%
Ranked 27th.

Caesarean birth rate 50%
Ranked 1st. 2 times more than South Africa
21%
Ranked 42nd.

Crude birth rate 16.4
Ranked 15th.
21.7
Ranked 11th. 32% more than Brazil

Future births 1,777.51
Ranked 15th. 3 times more than South Africa
708.87
Ranked 40th.

Infant mortality rate 12.9
Ranked 117th.
33.3
Ranked 60th. 3 times more than Brazil

Maternal death rate 56 per 100,000 live births
Ranked 99th.
300 per 100,000 live births
Ranked 35th. 5 times more than Brazil

Maternity leave > Weeks of leave given 24
Ranked 121st. 6 times more than South Africa
4
Ranked 173th.
Number of births 3.14 million
Ranked 1st. 3 times more than South Africa
1.06 million
Ranked 4th.

Number of births per thousand people 16.38
Ranked 15th.
21.96
Ranked 10th. 34% more than Brazil

Teenage birth rate 71.4
Ranked 10th. 32% more than South Africa
54
Ranked 23th.

Total fertility rate 1.83%
Ranked 143th.
1.83%
Ranked 141st. The same as Brazil

Maternity leave > Proportion of wages paid 100%
Ranked 29th. 67% more than South Africa
60%
Ranked 152nd.
Abortion > Attitudes of Christians towards abortion > Government should interfere 34%
Ranked 4th. 21% more than South Africa
28%
Ranked 5th.
Abortion > Attitudes of Christians towards abortion > Government should interfere, mostly agree 13%
Ranked 6th.
25%
Ranked 3rd. 92% more than Brazil
Future births per million people 16
Ranked 121st.
22.01
Ranked 75th. 38% more than Brazil

Abortion > Attitudes of Christians towards abortion > Government should not interfere 35%
Ranked 2nd. 67% more than South Africa
21%
Ranked 5th.
Abortion > Attitudes of Christians towards abortion > Government should interfere, mostly disagree 15%
Ranked 6th.
19%
Ranked 3rd. 27% more than Brazil
Maternity leave > Provider Social insurance Unemployment Insurance Fund
Abortion > When abortion is legal > To preserve mental health Illegal Legal
Abortion > Attitudes of Christians towards Abortion > Always justified 4%
Ranked 4th.
8%
Ranked 1st. Twice as much as Brazil
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 16%
Ranked 4th. The same as South Africa
16%
Ranked 5th.
Abortion > Attitudes of Christians towards abortion > Never justified 79%
Ranked 5th. 8% more than South Africa
73%
Ranked 6th.
Abortion > When abortion is legal > To preserve physical health Illegal Legal
Abortion > When abortion is legal > Foetal impairment Illegal Legal
Percent of births registered 89 78
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 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; 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., ); World Health Organization. Source tables

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