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South Africa

South Africa Births and maternity Stats

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STAT AMOUNT DATE RANK HISTORY
Abortion > Attitudes of Christians towards Abortion > Always justified 8% 2006 1st out of 7
Abortion > Attitudes of Christians towards abortion > Government should interfere 28% 2014 5th out of 9
Abortion > Attitudes of Christians towards abortion > Government should interfere, mostly agree 25% 2014 3rd out of 9
Abortion > Attitudes of Christians towards abortion > Government should interfere, mostly disagree 19% 2014 3rd out of 9
Abortion > Attitudes of Christians towards abortion > Government should not interfere 21% 2014 5th out of 9
Abortion > Attitudes of Christians towards abortion > Never justified 73% 2006 6th out of 9
Abortion > Attitudes of Christians towards abortion > Sometimes justified 16% 2006 5th out of 9
Abortion > Legal abortions total 28,978 1998 21st out of 55
Abortion > Legal abortions total per thousand people 0.692 1998 49th out of 54
Abortion > When abortion is legal > Economic or social reasons Legal 2007
Abortion > When abortion is legal > Foetal impairment Legal 2007
Abortion > When abortion is legal > On request Legal 2007
Abortion > When abortion is legal > Rape or incest Legal 2007
Abortion > When abortion is legal > To preserve mental health Legal 2007
Abortion > When abortion is legal > To preserve physical health Legal 2007
Abortion > When abortion is legal > To save the woman's life Legal 2007
Antenatal care > Mothers getting 1+ visit during pregnancy 97.1% 2008 14th out of 31
Antenatal care > Mothers getting 4+ visits during pregrancy 87.1% 2008 4th out of 15
Average age of mother at childbirth 28.7 2006 14th out of 28
Births attended by skill personnel 91.2% 2003 27th out of 45
Caesarean birth rate 21% 2012 42nd out of 129
Crude birth rate 21.7 2007 11th out of 18
Future births 708.87 2100 40th out of 196
Future births per million people 22.01 2010 75th out of 191
Infant mortality rate 33.3 2012 60th out of 193
Maternal death rate 300 per 100,000 live births 2010 35th out of 178
Maternity leave > Proportion of wages paid 60% 2013 152nd out of 169
Maternity leave > Provider Unemployment Insurance Fund 2013
Maternity leave > Weeks of leave given 4 2013 173th out of 180
Number of births 1.06 million 2007 4th out of 18
Number of births per thousand people 21.96 2007 10th out of 15
Percent of births registered 78 2006
Teenage birth rate 54 2007 23th out of 105
Total fertility rate 1.83% 2100 141st out of 196

SOURCES: 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., ); Wikipedia: Societal attitudes towards abortion (Christianity); 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; 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 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 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.; World Health Organization. Source tables; United Nations Statistics Division. Source tables; United Nations Population Division. Source tables

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