Health > Births and maternity Stats: compare key data on Japan & Martinique
Definitions
- Abortion > Legal abortions total: Legally induced abortions by urban/rural residence of woman.
- All births of boys: Live births by sex and urban/rural residence.
- All births of girls: Live births by sex and urban/rural residence.
- Average age of mother at childbirth: Average age of mother at first childbirth.
- Crude birth rate: Country's crude birth rate. The crude birth rate is the number of live births for every 1,000 people.
- Future births: Mid-range estimate for country's population increase due to births from five years prior to the given year. For example, from 2095 to 2100, India's population is expected to rise by 16,181 people due to births. Estimates are from the UN Population Division.
- Number of births: Total number of live births. A live birth refers to a birth after which the baby shows signs of life, however, if the baby dies after showing signs of life, it is still considered a live birth.
- Quadruplet and quintuplet births: Number of births, in which four or five children were born. A mother giving birth to quadruplets or quintuplets is counted as one birth.
- Rural births of girls: Live births by sex and urban/rural residence.
- Single births: Number of births, in which one child was born.
- Teenage birth rate: Percentage of females aged 15-19 who give birth, out of all females the same age in the country.
- Total fertility rate: Total fertility rate.
- Triplet births: Number of births, in which three children were born. A mother giving birth to triplets is counted as one birth.
- Twin births: Number of births, in which two children were born. A mother giving birth to twins is counted as one birth.
- Urban births of boys: Live births by sex and urban/rural residence.
- Urban births of girls: Live births by sex and urban/rural residence.
- Rural births of boys: Live births by sex and urban/rural residence.
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