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

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STAT Kenya South Africa HISTORY
Abortion > When abortion is legal > Rape or incest Illegal Legal
Antenatal care > Mothers getting 1+ visit during pregnancy 91.5%
Ranked 19th.
97.1%
Ranked 14th. 6% more than Kenya

Antenatal care > Mothers getting 4+ visits during pregrancy 47.1%
Ranked 16th.
87.1%
Ranked 4th. 85% more than Kenya

Average age of mother at childbirth 28.4
Ranked 17th.
28.7
Ranked 14th. 1% more than Kenya

Births attended by skill personnel 43.8%
Ranked 31st.
91.2%
Ranked 27th. 2 times more than Kenya

Caesarean birth rate 6%
Ranked 93th.
21%
Ranked 42nd. 4 times more than Kenya

Crude birth rate 34.8
Ranked 5th. 60% more than South Africa
21.7
Ranked 11th.

Future births 2,109.91
Ranked 14th. 3 times more than South Africa
708.87
Ranked 40th.

Infant mortality rate 48.7
Ranked 36th. 46% more than South Africa
33.3
Ranked 60th.

Maternal death rate 360 per 100,000 live births
Ranked 27th. 20% more than South Africa
300 per 100,000 live births
Ranked 35th.

Maternity leave > Weeks of leave given 3
Ranked 178th.
4
Ranked 173th. 33% more than Kenya
Number of births 1.3 million
Ranked 3rd. 23% more than South Africa
1.06 million
Ranked 4th.

Number of births per thousand people 34.55
Ranked 4th. 57% more than South Africa
21.96
Ranked 10th.

Teenage birth rate 106.3
Ranked 7th. 97% more than South Africa
54
Ranked 23th.

Total fertility rate 1.96%
Ranked 39th. 7% more than South Africa
1.83%
Ranked 141st.

Maternity leave > Proportion of wages paid 100%
Ranked 50th. 67% more than South Africa
60%
Ranked 152nd.
Abortion > Attitudes of Christians towards abortion > Government should interfere 69%
Ranked 1st. 2 times more than South Africa
28%
Ranked 5th.
Abortion > Attitudes of Christians towards abortion > Government should interfere, mostly agree 4%
Ranked 9th.
25%
Ranked 3rd. 6 times more than Kenya
Future births per million people 35.57
Ranked 27th. 62% more than South Africa
22.01
Ranked 75th.

Abortion > Attitudes of Christians towards abortion > Government should not interfere 14%
Ranked 7th.
21%
Ranked 5th. 50% more than Kenya
Abortion > Attitudes of Christians towards abortion > Government should interfere, mostly disagree 12%
Ranked 8th.
19%
Ranked 3rd. 58% more than Kenya
Maternity leave > Provider Employer Unemployment Insurance Fund
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 Illegal Legal
Abortion > Attitudes of Christians towards abortion > Sometimes justified 11%
Ranked 6th.
16%
Ranked 5th. 45% more than Kenya
Abortion > Attitudes of Christians towards abortion > Never justified 88%
Ranked 3rd. 21% more than South Africa
73%
Ranked 6th.
Abortion > When abortion is legal > To preserve physical health Legal Legal
Abortion > When abortion is legal > Foetal impairment Illegal Legal
Percent of births registered 48 78
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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