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Health > Births and maternity Stats: compare key data on Kenya & Nigeria

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STAT Kenya Nigeria HISTORY
Abortion > When abortion is legal > Rape or incest Illegal Illegal
Antenatal care > Mothers getting 1+ visit during pregnancy 91.5%
Ranked 19th. 59% more than Nigeria
57.7%
Ranked 30th.

Antenatal care > Mothers getting 4+ visits during pregrancy 47.1%
Ranked 16th. 5% more than Nigeria
44.8%
Ranked 14th.

Average age of mother at childbirth 28.4
Ranked 17th.
29.8
Ranked 6th. 5% more than Kenya

Births attended by skill personnel 43.8%
Ranked 31st. 13% more than Nigeria
38.9%
Ranked 49th.

Caesarean birth rate 6%
Ranked 93th. 3 times more than Nigeria
2%
Ranked 121st.

Crude birth rate 34.8
Ranked 5th.
40.6
Ranked 1st. 17% more than Kenya

Future births 2,109.91
Ranked 14th.
14,290.93
Ranked 2nd. 7 times more than Kenya

Infant mortality rate 48.7
Ranked 36th.
77.8
Ranked 9th. 60% more than Kenya

Maternal death rate 360 per 100,000 live births
Ranked 27th.
630 per 100,000 live births
Ranked 9th. 75% more than Kenya

Maternity leave > Weeks of leave given 3
Ranked 178th.
52
Ranked 100th. 17 times more than Kenya
Number of births 1.3 million
Ranked 3rd.
5.97 million
Ranked 1st. 5 times more than Kenya

Number of births per thousand people 34.55
Ranked 4th.
40.53
Ranked 1st. 17% more than Kenya

Teenage birth rate 106.3
Ranked 7th.
113
Ranked 8th. 6% more than Kenya

Total fertility rate 1.96%
Ranked 39th.
2.18%
Ranked 7th. 11% more than Kenya

Maternity leave > Proportion of wages paid 100%
Ranked 50th. Twice as much as Nigeria
50%
Ranked 164th.
Abortion > Attitudes of Christians towards abortion > Government should interfere 69%
Ranked 1st. 50% more than Nigeria
46%
Ranked 3rd.
Abortion > Attitudes of Christians towards abortion > Government should interfere, mostly agree 4%
Ranked 9th.
10%
Ranked 8th. 3 times more than Kenya
Future births per million people 35.57
Ranked 27th.
39.5
Ranked 13th. 11% more than Kenya

Abortion > Attitudes of Christians towards abortion > Government should not interfere 14%
Ranked 7th.
20%
Ranked 6th. 43% more than Kenya
Abortion > Attitudes of Christians towards abortion > Government should interfere, mostly disagree 12%
Ranked 8th.
18%
Ranked 4th. 50% more than Kenya
Maternity leave > Provider Employer Employer
Abortion > When abortion is legal > To preserve mental health Legal Legal
Abortion > When abortion is legal > On request Illegal Illegal
Abortion > When abortion is legal > Economic or social reasons Illegal Illegal
Abortion > Attitudes of Christians towards abortion > Sometimes justified 11%
Ranked 6th. 3 times more than Nigeria
4%
Ranked 8th.
Abortion > Attitudes of Christians towards abortion > Never justified 88%
Ranked 3rd.
94%
Ranked 2nd. 7% more than Kenya
Abortion > When abortion is legal > To preserve physical health Legal Legal
Abortion > When abortion is legal > Foetal impairment Illegal Illegal
Percent of births registered 48 33
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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