I was looking at the stats on Nation Master and it struck me that the US was a world away from other developed countries, not just Europe, but also Canada, Australia, Japan and Korea, for quite a few things.
First of all, the teenage pregnacy rate is 1702.66 births per 1 million people, not just the highest in the world, but 5 to 10 times higher than most Western European countries (Eastern Europe, Ireland and Portugal are a bit nearer), and 12 times higher than in Japan.
Looking at the divorce rate, it is not much better. The USA also top the list with 4.95 divorces per 1000 people, although there is no data for most of Europe (the UK and Denmark are close with 3.08 and 2.81, but Portugal and Italy are at the botton of the list with 0.88 and 0.27). Comparable stats from Divorce Form give us 0.7 for Ireland, 0.9 for Spain, 1.1 for Poland, 1.92 for Japan, 2 for France, 2.1 for the Netherlands, 2.28 for Canada, 2.3 for Germany, 2.4 for Sweden and 2.6 for both Belgium and Australia. So the US has about 2 to 5x more divorces than other developed countries, and even 18x higher than Italy.
In Europe the more religious the country and the lower the divorce rate, with naturally countries like Ireland, Poland and Spain at the bottom (and the Benelux, Scandinavia and the UK at the top). However, this doesn't work in the US, which is certainly more religious than any European country (even Ireland and Poland).
The US also has one of the highest rate of rapes per capita (0.30 per 1000 people) in any developed countries, surprisingly only preceded by Australia (0.79) and Canada (0.74). In comparison, the rates in Europe range from 0.04 in Italy, Czech Republic, Romania or Russia to 0.14 in Spain, France and the UK. So the US rate is about 2 to 7x higher than in Europe in this case. The rape rate in South Korea is 0.12 per 1000 and it is negligible in Japan (0.005).
First of all, the teenage pregnacy rate is 1702.66 births per 1 million people, not just the highest in the world, but 5 to 10 times higher than most Western European countries (Eastern Europe, Ireland and Portugal are a bit nearer), and 12 times higher than in Japan.
Looking at the divorce rate, it is not much better. The USA also top the list with 4.95 divorces per 1000 people, although there is no data for most of Europe (the UK and Denmark are close with 3.08 and 2.81, but Portugal and Italy are at the botton of the list with 0.88 and 0.27). Comparable stats from Divorce Form give us 0.7 for Ireland, 0.9 for Spain, 1.1 for Poland, 1.92 for Japan, 2 for France, 2.1 for the Netherlands, 2.28 for Canada, 2.3 for Germany, 2.4 for Sweden and 2.6 for both Belgium and Australia. So the US has about 2 to 5x more divorces than other developed countries, and even 18x higher than Italy.
In Europe the more religious the country and the lower the divorce rate, with naturally countries like Ireland, Poland and Spain at the bottom (and the Benelux, Scandinavia and the UK at the top). However, this doesn't work in the US, which is certainly more religious than any European country (even Ireland and Poland).
The US also has one of the highest rate of rapes per capita (0.30 per 1000 people) in any developed countries, surprisingly only preceded by Australia (0.79) and Canada (0.74). In comparison, the rates in Europe range from 0.04 in Italy, Czech Republic, Romania or Russia to 0.14 in Spain, France and the UK. So the US rate is about 2 to 7x higher than in Europe in this case. The rape rate in South Korea is 0.12 per 1000 and it is negligible in Japan (0.005).
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