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

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STAT Guatemala United States HISTORY
All births of boys 189,724
Ranked 17th.
2.11 million
Ranked 1st. 11 times more than Guatemala

Average age of mother at childbirth 28.5
Ranked 15th. 2% more than United States
28
Ranked 18th.

Births attended by skill personnel 51.5%
Ranked 29th.
99%
Ranked 16th. 92% more than Guatemala

Caesarean birth rate 16%
Ranked 58th.
31%
Ranked 13th. 94% more than Guatemala

Crude birth rate 27
Ranked 7th. Twice as much as United States
13.5
Ranked 24th.

Future births 526.36
Ranked 45th.
5,124.49
Ranked 4th. 10 times more than Guatemala

Infant mortality rate 26.5
Ranked 71st. 4 times more than United States
6
Ranked 151st.

Maternal death rate 120 per 100,000 live births
Ranked 61st. 6 times more than United States
21 per 100,000 live births
Ranked 131st.

Maternity leave > Weeks of leave given 16
Ranked 150th.
52
Ranked 83th. 3 times more than Guatemala
Number of births 369,769
Ranked 8th.
4.13 million
Ranked 1st. 11 times more than Guatemala

Number of births per thousand people 27.09
Ranked 6th. 2 times more than United States
13.46
Ranked 23th.

Teenage birth rate 92.1
Ranked 9th. 3 times more than United States
34.2
Ranked 18th.

Total fertility rate 1.92%
Ranked 56th.
1.99%
Ranked 33th. 4% more than Guatemala

Twin births 4,139
Ranked 8th.
137,217
Ranked 1st. 33 times more than Guatemala

Twin births per million people 281.44
Ranked 20th.
447.29
Ranked 7th. 59% more than Guatemala

Triplet births per million people 3.4
Ranked 26th.
19.25
Ranked 9th. 6 times more than Guatemala

Abortion > When abortion is legal > Rape or incest Illegal Legal
Single births 369,495
Ranked 6th.
3.99 million
Ranked 1st. 11 times more than Guatemala

Abortion > Attitudes of Christians towards abortion > Government should interfere 28%
Ranked 6th. 40% more than United States
20%
Ranked 8th.
Abortion > Attitudes of Christians towards abortion > Government should interfere, mostly agree 27%
Ranked 2nd. 13% more than United States
24%
Ranked 5th.
Future births per million people 31.32
Ranked 42nd. 2 times more than United States
13.79
Ranked 135th.

Abortion > Attitudes of Christians towards abortion > Government should not interfere 31%
Ranked 3rd.
40%
Ranked 1st. 29% more than Guatemala
Abortion > Attitudes of Christians towards abortion > Government should interfere, mostly disagree 11%
Ranked 9th.
12%
Ranked 7th. 9% more than Guatemala
Abortion > When abortion is legal > To preserve mental health Illegal Legal
Abortion > Attitudes of Christians towards Abortion > Always justified 3%
Ranked 5th.
5%
Ranked 2nd. 67% more than Guatemala
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 10%
Ranked 7th.
46%
Ranked 1st. 5 times more than Guatemala
Abortion > Attitudes of Christians towards abortion > Never justified 85%
Ranked 4th. 89% more than United States
45%
Ranked 9th.
All births of boys per thousand people 12.9
Ranked 5th. 87% more than United States
6.89
Ranked 36th.

Triplet births 50
Ranked 17th.
5,905
Ranked 1st. 118 times more than Guatemala

Quadruplet and quintuplet births 8
Ranked 7th.
435
Ranked 2nd. 54 times more than Guatemala

Abortion > When abortion is legal > To preserve physical health Illegal Legal
Abortion > When abortion is legal > Foetal impairment Illegal Legal
Quadruplet and quintuplet births per million people 0.544
Ranked 8th.
1.42
Ranked 9th. 3 times more than Guatemala

All births of girls 183,968
Ranked 17th.
2.02 million
Ranked 1st. 11 times more than Guatemala

All births of girls per thousand people 12.51
Ranked 5th. 90% more than United States
6.57
Ranked 35th.

Percent of births registered >90 >90
Abortion > When abortion is legal > To save the woman's life Legal Legal
Single births per thousand people 25.12
Ranked 2nd. 93% more than United States
13
Ranked 14th.

SOURCES: 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; 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; 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., ); 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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