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

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STAT Nigeria South Africa HISTORY
Abortion > When abortion is legal > Rape or incest Illegal Legal
Antenatal care > Mothers getting 1+ visit during pregnancy 57.7%
Ranked 30th.
97.1%
Ranked 14th. 68% more than Nigeria

Antenatal care > Mothers getting 4+ visits during pregrancy 44.8%
Ranked 14th.
87.1%
Ranked 4th. 94% more than Nigeria

Average age of mother at childbirth 29.8
Ranked 6th. 4% more than South Africa
28.7
Ranked 14th.

Births attended by skill personnel 38.9%
Ranked 49th.
91.2%
Ranked 27th. 2 times more than Nigeria

Caesarean birth rate 2%
Ranked 121st.
21%
Ranked 42nd. 11 times more than Nigeria

Crude birth rate 40.6
Ranked 1st. 87% more than South Africa
21.7
Ranked 11th.

Future births 14,290.93
Ranked 2nd. 20 times more than South Africa
708.87
Ranked 40th.

Infant mortality rate 77.8
Ranked 9th. 2 times more than South Africa
33.3
Ranked 60th.

Maternal death rate 630 per 100,000 live births
Ranked 9th. 2 times more than South Africa
300 per 100,000 live births
Ranked 35th.

Maternity leave > Weeks of leave given 52
Ranked 100th. 13 times more than South Africa
4
Ranked 173th.
Number of births 5.97 million
Ranked 1st. 6 times more than South Africa
1.06 million
Ranked 4th.

Number of births per thousand people 40.53
Ranked 1st. 85% more than South Africa
21.96
Ranked 10th.

Teenage birth rate 113
Ranked 8th. 2 times more than South Africa
54
Ranked 23th.

Total fertility rate 2.18%
Ranked 7th. 19% more than South Africa
1.83%
Ranked 141st.

Maternity leave > Proportion of wages paid 50%
Ranked 164th.
60%
Ranked 152nd. 20% more than Nigeria
Abortion > Attitudes of Christians towards abortion > Government should interfere 46%
Ranked 3rd. 64% more than South Africa
28%
Ranked 5th.
Abortion > Attitudes of Christians towards abortion > Government should interfere, mostly agree 10%
Ranked 8th.
25%
Ranked 3rd. 3 times more than Nigeria
Future births per million people 39.5
Ranked 13th. 79% more than South Africa
22.01
Ranked 75th.

Abortion > Attitudes of Christians towards abortion > Government should not interfere 20%
Ranked 6th.
21%
Ranked 5th. 5% more than Nigeria
Abortion > Attitudes of Christians towards abortion > Government should interfere, mostly disagree 18%
Ranked 4th.
19%
Ranked 3rd. 6% more than Nigeria
Maternity leave > Provider Employer Unemployment Insurance Fund
Abortion > When abortion is legal > To preserve mental health Legal Legal
Abortion > Attitudes of Christians towards Abortion > Always justified 1%
Ranked 6th.
8%
Ranked 1st. 8 times more than Nigeria
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 4%
Ranked 8th.
16%
Ranked 5th. 4 times more than Nigeria
Abortion > Attitudes of Christians towards abortion > Never justified 94%
Ranked 2nd. 29% 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 33 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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