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

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STAT Iceland United States HISTORY
Abortion > Legal abortions total 969
Ranked 30th.
825,564
Ranked 2nd. 852 times more than Iceland

Abortion > Legal abortions total per thousand people 3.04
Ranked 16th. 12% more than United States
2.71
Ranked 27th.

All births of boys 2,326
Ranked 71st.
2.11 million
Ranked 1st. 909 times more than Iceland

Average age of mother at childbirth 30
Ranked 23th. 7% more than United States
28
Ranked 18th.

Crude birth rate 14.1
Ranked 7th. 4% more than United States
13.5
Ranked 24th.

Future births 3.95
Ranked 181st.
5,124.49
Ranked 4th. 1297 times more than Iceland

Infant mortality rate 1.8
Ranked 192nd.
6
Ranked 151st. 3 times more than Iceland

Maternal death rate 5 per 100,000 live births
Ranked 168th.
21 per 100,000 live births
Ranked 131st. 4 times more than Iceland

Maternity leave > Weeks of leave given 112
Ranked 6th. 2 times more than United States
52
Ranked 83th.
Number of births 4,496
Ranked 29th.
4.13 million
Ranked 1st. 919 times more than Iceland

Number of births per thousand people 14.09
Ranked 7th. 5% more than United States
13.46
Ranked 23th.

Teenage birth rate 10.6
Ranked 9th.
34.2
Ranked 18th. 3 times more than Iceland

Total fertility rate 1.88%
Ranked 82nd.
1.99%
Ranked 33th. 6% more than Iceland

Twin births 117
Ranked 36th.
137,217
Ranked 1st. 1173 times more than Iceland

Twin births per million people 366.76
Ranked 9th.
447.29
Ranked 7th. 22% more than Iceland

Caesarean birth rate 17%
Ranked 56th.
31%
Ranked 13th. 82% more than Iceland

Triplet births per million people 0.0
Ranked 36th.
19.25
Ranked 9th.

Abortion > When abortion is legal > Rape or incest Legal Legal
Single births 4,375
Ranked 37th.
3.99 million
Ranked 1st. 911 times more than Iceland

Future births per million people 14.51
Ranked 130th. 5% more than United States
13.79
Ranked 135th.

Abortion > When abortion is legal > To preserve mental health Legal Legal
Abortion > When abortion is legal > On request Illegal Legal
Abortion > When abortion is legal > Economic or social reasons Legal Legal
All births of boys per thousand people 7.29
Ranked 24th. 6% more than United States
6.89
Ranked 36th.

Triplet births 0.0
Ranked 36th.
5,905
Ranked 1st.

Quadruplet and quintuplet births 0.0
Ranked 27th.
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 27th.
1.42
Ranked 9th.

All births of girls 2,166
Ranked 71st.
2.02 million
Ranked 1st. 931 times more than Iceland

All births of girls per thousand people 6.79
Ranked 24th. 3% 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 13.71
Ranked 5th. 6% more than United States
13
Ranked 14th.

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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