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STAT Nigeria United States HISTORY
Abortion > Attitudes of Christians towards abortion > Government should interfere 46%
Ranked 3rd. 2 times more than United States
20%
Ranked 8th.
Abortion > Attitudes of Christians towards abortion > Government should interfere, mostly agree 10%
Ranked 8th.
24%
Ranked 5th. 2 times more than Nigeria
Abortion > When abortion is legal > Rape or incest Illegal Legal
Average age of mother at childbirth 29.8
Ranked 6th. 6% more than United States
28
Ranked 18th.

Births attended by skill personnel 38.9%
Ranked 49th.
99%
Ranked 16th. 3 times more than Nigeria

Caesarean birth rate 2%
Ranked 121st.
31%
Ranked 13th. 16 times more than Nigeria

Crude birth rate 40.6
Ranked 1st. 3 times more than United States
13.5
Ranked 24th.

Future births 14,290.93
Ranked 2nd. 3 times more than United States
5,124.49
Ranked 4th.

Infant mortality rate 77.8
Ranked 9th. 13 times more than United States
6
Ranked 151st.

Maternal death rate 630 per 100,000 live births
Ranked 9th. 30 times more than United States
21 per 100,000 live births
Ranked 131st.

Maternity leave > Weeks of leave given 52
Ranked 100th. The same as United States
52
Ranked 83th.
Number of births 5.97 million
Ranked 1st. 44% more than United States
4.13 million
Ranked 1st.

Number of births per thousand people 40.53
Ranked 1st. 3 times more than United States
13.46
Ranked 23th.

Teenage birth rate 113
Ranked 8th. 3 times more than United States
34.2
Ranked 18th.

Total fertility rate 2.18%
Ranked 7th. 10% more than United States
1.99%
Ranked 33th.

Future births per million people 39.5
Ranked 13th. 3 times more than United States
13.79
Ranked 135th.

Abortion > Attitudes of Christians towards abortion > Government should not interfere 20%
Ranked 6th.
40%
Ranked 1st. Twice as much as Nigeria
Abortion > Attitudes of Christians towards abortion > Government should interfere, mostly disagree 18%
Ranked 4th. 50% more than United States
12%
Ranked 7th.
Abortion > When abortion is legal > To preserve mental health Legal Legal
Abortion > Attitudes of Christians towards Abortion > Always justified 1%
Ranked 6th.
5%
Ranked 2nd. 5 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.
46%
Ranked 1st. 12 times more than Nigeria
Abortion > Attitudes of Christians towards abortion > Never justified 94%
Ranked 2nd. 2 times 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 33 >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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