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

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STAT Philippines United States HISTORY
All births of boys 907,221
Ranked 3rd.
2.11 million
Ranked 1st. 2 times more than Philippines

Average age of mother at childbirth 28.8
Ranked 12th. 3% more than United States
28
Ranked 18th.

Births attended by skill personnel 62.2%
Ranked 43th.
99%
Ranked 16th. 59% more than Philippines

Caesarean birth rate 10%
Ranked 80th.
31%
Ranked 13th. 3 times more than Philippines

Crude birth rate 24
Ranked 8th. 78% more than United States
13.5
Ranked 24th.

Future births 2,130.51
Ranked 13th.
5,124.49
Ranked 4th. 2 times more than Philippines

Infant mortality rate 23.5
Ranked 76th. 4 times more than United States
6
Ranked 151st.

Maternal death rate 99 per 100,000 live births
Ranked 71st. 5 times more than United States
21 per 100,000 live births
Ranked 131st.

Maternity leave > Weeks of leave given 26
Ranked 119th.
52
Ranked 83th. Twice as much as Philippines
Number of births 2.13 million
Ranked 2nd.
4.13 million
Ranked 1st. 94% more than Philippines

Number of births per thousand people 23.94
Ranked 7th. 78% more than United States
13.46
Ranked 23th.

Teenage birth rate 53
Ranked 27th. 55% more than United States
34.2
Ranked 18th.

Total fertility rate 1.86%
Ranked 110th.
1.99%
Ranked 33th. 7% more than Philippines

Twin births 15,997
Ranked 5th.
137,217
Ranked 1st. 9 times more than Philippines

Twin births per million people 193.66
Ranked 40th.
447.29
Ranked 7th. 2 times more than Philippines

Abortion > When abortion is legal > Rape or incest Illegal Legal
Single births 1.65 million
Ranked 2nd.
3.99 million
Ranked 1st. 2 times more than Philippines

Abortion > Attitudes of Christians towards abortion > Government should interfere 56%
Ranked 2nd. 3 times more than United States
20%
Ranked 8th.
Abortion > Attitudes of Christians towards abortion > Government should interfere, mostly agree 13%
Ranked 7th.
24%
Ranked 5th. 85% more than Philippines
Future births per million people 24.72
Ranked 63th. 79% more than United States
13.79
Ranked 135th.

Abortion > Attitudes of Christians towards abortion > Government should not interfere 12%
Ranked 8th.
40%
Ranked 1st. 3 times more than Philippines
Abortion > Attitudes of Christians towards abortion > Government should interfere, mostly disagree 18%
Ranked 5th. 50% more than United States
12%
Ranked 7th.
Abortion > When abortion is legal > To preserve mental health Illegal 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 3%
Ranked 9th.
46%
Ranked 1st. 15 times more than Philippines
Abortion > Attitudes of Christians towards abortion > Never justified 97%
Ranked 1st. 2 times more than United States
45%
Ranked 9th.
All births of boys per thousand people 9.87
Ranked 12th. 43% more than United States
6.89
Ranked 36th.

Quadruplet and quintuplet births 459
Ranked 8th. 6% more than United States
435
Ranked 2nd.

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. 4 times more than United States
1.42
Ranked 9th.

All births of girls 838,364
Ranked 4th.
2.02 million
Ranked 1st. 2 times more than Philippines

All births of girls per thousand people 9.12
Ranked 13th. 39% more than United States
6.57
Ranked 35th.

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. 54% more than United States
13
Ranked 14th.

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; 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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