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Health > Births and maternity Stats: compare key data on Canada & China

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STAT
Canada
China
HISTORY
Abortion > When abortion is legal > Rape or incest Legal Legal
Antenatal care > Mothers getting 1+ visit during pregnancy 100%
Ranked 6th. 6% more than China
94.1%
Ranked 16th.

Average age of mother at childbirth 29.9
Ranked 5th. 5% more than China
28.4
Ranked 15th.

Births attended by skill personnel 100%
Ranked 4th. About the same as China
99.6%
Ranked 12th.

Caesarean birth rate 26%
Ranked 26th.
27%
Ranked 21st. 4% more than Canada

Crude birth rate 11.3
Ranked 30th.
11.9
Ranked 13th. 5% more than Canada

Future births 510.41
Ranked 48th.
10,854.24
Ranked 3rd. 21 times more than Canada

Infant mortality rate 4.7
Ranked 158th.
12.1
Ranked 121st. 3 times more than Canada

Maternal death rate 12 per 100,000 live births
Ranked 146th.
37 per 100,000 live births
Ranked 111th. 3 times more than Canada

Maternity leave > Proportion of wages paid 55%
Ranked 156th.
100%
Ranked 41st. 82% more than Canada
Maternity leave > Weeks of leave given 73
Ranked 21st. 4 times more than China
18
Ranked 136th.
Number of births 380,863
Ranked 13th.
16.04 million
Ranked 1st. 42 times more than Canada

Number of births per thousand people 11.29
Ranked 28th.
11.93
Ranked 12th. 6% more than Canada

Teenage birth rate 14.1
Ranked 62nd. 2 times more than China
6.2
Ranked 75th.

Total fertility rate 1.89%
Ranked 72nd. About the same as China
1.88%
Ranked 78th.

Future births per million people 10.76
Ranked 162nd.
13.06
Ranked 137th. 21% more than Canada

Maternity leave > Provider Federal and State. Employment Insurance Social insurance 
Abortion > When abortion is legal > To preserve mental health Legal Legal
Abortion > When abortion is legal > On request Legal Legal
Abortion > When abortion is legal > Economic or social reasons Legal Legal
Abortion > When abortion is legal > To preserve physical health Legal Legal
Abortion > When abortion is legal > Foetal impairment Legal Legal
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 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 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.

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