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United States
Key Demographic and Economic Indicators
Score
28 0.740
Rank
Score
Sample Female-to-
0.00 =
1.00 =
average
Female
Male
male ratio INEQUALITY EQUALITY
0.86
0.64
1.00
0.77
1.33
1.00
1.00
1.02
1.37
0.95
1.04
0.24
0.35
Years with female head of state (last 50)........................... 64............ 0.00............0.20 0..........50
0.00
EQUALITY 1.0
1.00
0.80
0.8
0.60
0.40
0.6
0.20
POLITICS
EDUCATION
0.00
0.4
0.2
INEQUALITY 0.0
HEALTH
country score
sample average
INDEX
ECONOMY
EDUCATION
HEALTH
country score
POLITICS
United States
Index over the years
SAMPLE
INDEX
ECONOMY
EDUCATION
HEALTH
POLITICS
Year
No. of countries
Rank
Score
Rank
Score
Rank
Score
Rank
Score
Rank
Score
2015
145
28
0.740
0.826
40
0.999
64
0.975
72
0.162
2014
142
20
0.746
0.828
39
0.998
62
0.975
54
0.185
2013
136
23
0.739
0.818
1.000
33
0.979
60
0.159
2012
135
22
0.737
0.814
1.000
33
0.979
55
0.156
2011
135
17
0.741
0.800
1.000
39
0.979
39
0.186
2010
134
19
0.741
0.799
1.000
38
0.979
40
0.186
2009
134
31
0.717
17
0.750
1.000
40
0.979
61
0.140
2008
130
27
0.718
12
0.752
1.000
37
0.979
56
0.140
2007
128
31
0.700
14
0.738
76
0.982
36
0.979
69
0.102
2006
115
23
0.704
0.759
66
0.982
0.980
66
0.097
20062015 CHANGE
s 0.036
s 0.068
s 0.017
t 0.005
s 0.065
HEALTH (contd.)
HIV/AIDS age-standardized deaths per 100,000 (female, male).....................1.2, 3.1
Malaria age-standardized deaths per 100,000 (female, male).......................0.0, 0.0
Tuberculosis age-standardized deaths per 100,000 (female, male)................0.1, 0.2
Malnutrition prev., weight for age (female, male) (% of children <5)..............0.4, 0.5
Maternal mortality ratio (per 100,000 live births)2................................... 28 [1844]
Total fertility rate (children per women)............................................................... 2.0
Adolescent fertility rate (births per 1,000 girls aged 1519).............................. 34.2
Antenatal care coverage, at least one visit (%).....................................................
Births attended by skilled health personnel (%).................................................... 99
Contraceptive prevalence, any method
(% of married or in-union women aged 1549)................................................. 76
Existence of legislation permitting abortion
to preserve a womans physical health............................................................. Yes
FAMILY
Singulate mean age (years) at marriage (female, male)...................................27, 29
Early marriage (% of women aged 1519)............................................................. 3
Mean age of women at the birth of the first child................................................. 25
Length of paid maternity leave (calendar days).....................................................
Provider of maternity leave benefits......................................................................
Percent of wages paid during maternity leave......................................................
Length of paid paternity leave (calendar days)......................................................
Provider of paternity leave benefits.......................................................................
Percent of wages paid during paternity leave.......................................................
RIGHTS AND NORMS
Parental authority in marriage3............................................................................ 0.0
Parental authority after divorce3.......................................................................... 0.0
Female genital mutilation (% of women aged 1549).......................................... 0.0
Existence of legislation on domestic violence3..................................................... 0.0
Existence of legislation on gender-based discrimination...................................... Yes
Inheritance rights for daughters3......................................................................... 0.0
Womens secure access to land use, control and ownership3.............................. 0.0
Womens access to financial services3................................................................ 0.0
Womens secure access to non-land assets use, control and ownership3............ 0.0
Year women received right to vote...........................................................1920, 1965
Quota type (single/lower house)............................................................................
Voluntary political party quotas.............................................................................