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STAT Brazil United States HISTORY
Abortion > Attitudes of Christians towards abortion > Government should interfere 34%
Ranked 4th. 70% more than United States
20%
Ranked 8th.
Abortion > Attitudes of Christians towards abortion > Government should interfere, mostly agree 13%
Ranked 6th.
24%
Ranked 5th. 85% more than Brazil
Abortion > When abortion is legal > Rape or incest Legal Legal
Average age of mother at childbirth 26.4
Ranked 21st.
28
Ranked 18th. 6% more than Brazil

Births attended by skill personnel 97%
Ranked 32nd.
99%
Ranked 16th. 2% more than Brazil

Caesarean birth rate 50%
Ranked 1st. 61% more than United States
31%
Ranked 13th.

Crude birth rate 16.4
Ranked 15th. 21% more than United States
13.5
Ranked 24th.

Future births 1,777.51
Ranked 15th.
5,124.49
Ranked 4th. 3 times more than Brazil

Infant mortality rate 12.9
Ranked 117th. 2 times more than United States
6
Ranked 151st.

Maternal death rate 56 per 100,000 live births
Ranked 99th. 3 times more than United States
21 per 100,000 live births
Ranked 131st.

Maternity leave > Weeks of leave given 24
Ranked 121st.
52
Ranked 83th. 2 times more than Brazil
Number of births 3.14 million
Ranked 1st.
4.13 million
Ranked 1st. 31% more than Brazil

Number of births per thousand people 16.38
Ranked 15th. 22% more than United States
13.46
Ranked 23th.

Teenage birth rate 71.4
Ranked 10th. 2 times more than United States
34.2
Ranked 18th.

Total fertility rate 1.83%
Ranked 143th.
1.99%
Ranked 33th. 9% more than Brazil

Future births per million people 16
Ranked 121st. 16% more than United States
13.79
Ranked 135th.

Abortion > Attitudes of Christians towards abortion > Government should not interfere 35%
Ranked 2nd.
40%
Ranked 1st. 14% more than Brazil
Abortion > Attitudes of Christians towards abortion > Government should interfere, mostly disagree 15%
Ranked 6th. 25% more than United States
12%
Ranked 7th.
Abortion > When abortion is legal > To preserve mental health Illegal Legal
Abortion > Attitudes of Christians towards Abortion > Always justified 4%
Ranked 4th.
5%
Ranked 2nd. 25% more than 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.
46%
Ranked 1st. 3 times more than Brazil
Abortion > Attitudes of Christians towards abortion > Never justified 79%
Ranked 5th. 76% more than United States
45%
Ranked 9th.
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 >90
Abortion > When abortion is legal > To save the woman's life Legal Legal

SOURCES: Wikipedia: Societal attitudes towards abortion (Christianity); 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 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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