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Health > Births and maternity Stats: compare key data on Philippines & South Korea

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STAT Philippines South Korea HISTORY
All births of boys 907,221
Ranked 3rd. 4 times more than South Korea
242,121
Ranked 14th.

Average age of mother at childbirth 28.8
Ranked 12th.
31
Ranked 7th. 8% more than Philippines

Births attended by skill personnel 62.2%
Ranked 43th.
100%
Ranked 2nd. 61% more than Philippines

Caesarean birth rate 10%
Ranked 80th.
32%
Ranked 11th. 3 times more than Philippines

Crude birth rate 24
Ranked 8th. 2 times more than South Korea
9.8
Ranked 44th.

Future births 2,130.51
Ranked 13th. 6 times more than South Korea
354
Ranked 64th.

Infant mortality rate 23.5
Ranked 76th. 7 times more than South Korea
3.3
Ranked 176th.

Maternal death rate 99 per 100,000 live births
Ranked 71st. 6 times more than South Korea
16 per 100,000 live births
Ranked 138th.

Maternity leave > Weeks of leave given 26
Ranked 119th. 44% more than South Korea
18
Ranked 147th.
Number of births 2.13 million
Ranked 2nd. 5 times more than South Korea
470,171
Ranked 15th.

Number of births per thousand people 23.94
Ranked 7th. 3 times more than South Korea
9.52
Ranked 42nd.

Teenage birth rate 53
Ranked 27th. 29 times more than South Korea
1.8
Ranked 87th.

Total fertility rate 1.86%
Ranked 110th. 1% more than South Korea
1.84%
Ranked 136th.

Twin births 15,997
Ranked 5th. 18% more than South Korea
13,583
Ranked 4th.

Twin births per million people 193.66
Ranked 40th.
272.87
Ranked 22nd. 41% more than Philippines

Abortion > When abortion is legal > Rape or incest Illegal Legal
Maternity leave > Proportion of wages paid 100%
Ranked 87th. The same as South Korea
100%
Ranked 108th.
Single births 1.65 million
Ranked 2nd. 4 times more than South Korea
457,171
Ranked 3rd.

Abortion > Attitudes of Christians towards abortion > Government should interfere 56%
Ranked 2nd. 19 times more than South Korea
3%
Ranked 9th.
Abortion > Attitudes of Christians towards abortion > Government should interfere, mostly agree 13%
Ranked 7th.
56%
Ranked 1st. 4 times more than Philippines
Future births per million people 24.72
Ranked 63th. 3 times more than South Korea
9.31
Ranked 185th.

Abortion > Attitudes of Christians towards abortion > Government should not interfere 12%
Ranked 8th. Twice as much as South Korea
6%
Ranked 9th.
Abortion > Attitudes of Christians towards abortion > Government should interfere, mostly disagree 18%
Ranked 5th.
31%
Ranked 1st. 72% more than Philippines
Maternity leave > Provider Social security or employer Employment Insurance Fund
Abortion > When abortion is legal > To preserve mental health Illegal 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 3%
Ranked 9th.
45%
Ranked 2nd. 15 times more than Philippines
Abortion > Attitudes of Christians towards abortion > Never justified 97%
Ranked 1st. 80% more than South Korea
54%
Ranked 8th.
All births of boys per thousand people 9.87
Ranked 12th. 2 times more than South Korea
4.86
Ranked 68th.

Quadruplet and quintuplet births 459
Ranked 8th. 5 times more than South Korea
84
Ranked 9th.

Abortion > When abortion is legal > To preserve physical health Illegal Legal
Abortion > When abortion is legal > Foetal impairment Illegal Legal
Quadruplet and quintuplet births per million people 5.56
Ranked 29th. 3 times more than South Korea
1.74
Ranked 35th.

All births of girls 838,364
Ranked 4th. 4 times more than South Korea
229,144
Ranked 13th.

All births of girls per thousand people 9.12
Ranked 13th. 98% more than South Korea
4.6
Ranked 68th.

Percent of births registered >90 >90
Abortion > When abortion is legal > To save the woman's life Legal Legal
Single births per thousand people 20.01
Ranked 5th. 2 times more than South Korea
9.18
Ranked 29th.

SOURCES: 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; United Nations Statistics 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 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., ); United Nations Statistics 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.; World Health Organization. Source tables

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