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

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STAT Kenya United States HISTORY
Abortion > Attitudes of Christians towards abortion > Government should interfere 69%
Ranked 1st. 3 times more than United States
20%
Ranked 8th.
Abortion > Attitudes of Christians towards abortion > Government should interfere, mostly agree 4%
Ranked 9th.
24%
Ranked 5th. 6 times more than Kenya
Abortion > When abortion is legal > Rape or incest Illegal Legal
Average age of mother at childbirth 28.4
Ranked 17th. 1% more than United States
28
Ranked 18th.

Births attended by skill personnel 43.8%
Ranked 31st.
99%
Ranked 16th. 2 times more than Kenya

Caesarean birth rate 6%
Ranked 93th.
31%
Ranked 13th. 5 times more than Kenya

Crude birth rate 34.8
Ranked 5th. 3 times more than United States
13.5
Ranked 24th.

Future births 2,109.91
Ranked 14th.
5,124.49
Ranked 4th. 2 times more than Kenya

Infant mortality rate 48.7
Ranked 36th. 8 times more than United States
6
Ranked 151st.

Maternal death rate 360 per 100,000 live births
Ranked 27th. 17 times more than United States
21 per 100,000 live births
Ranked 131st.

Maternity leave > Weeks of leave given 3
Ranked 178th.
52
Ranked 83th. 17 times more than Kenya
Number of births 1.3 million
Ranked 3rd.
4.13 million
Ranked 1st. 3 times more than Kenya

Number of births per thousand people 34.55
Ranked 4th. 3 times more than United States
13.46
Ranked 23th.

Teenage birth rate 106.3
Ranked 7th. 3 times more than United States
34.2
Ranked 18th.

Total fertility rate 1.96%
Ranked 39th.
1.99%
Ranked 33th. 2% more than Kenya

Future births per million people 35.57
Ranked 27th. 3 times more than United States
13.79
Ranked 135th.

Abortion > Attitudes of Christians towards abortion > Government should not interfere 14%
Ranked 7th.
40%
Ranked 1st. 3 times more than Kenya
Abortion > Attitudes of Christians towards abortion > Government should interfere, mostly disagree 12%
Ranked 8th. The same as United States
12%
Ranked 7th.
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.
46%
Ranked 1st. 4 times more than Kenya
Abortion > Attitudes of Christians towards abortion > Never justified 88%
Ranked 3rd. 96% more than United States
45%
Ranked 9th.
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 >90
Abortion > When abortion is legal > To save the woman's life Legal Legal

SOURCES: Wikipedia: Societal attitudes towards abortion (Christianity); 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 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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