Historical abortion statistics, Australia

Historical abortion statistics, Australia

compiled by Wm. Robert Johnston
last updated 15 August 2005

year	live births	abortions, legal	abortions, legal reported	abortions, abroad	miscarriages	abortion ratio	abortion %
1960	230,326
1961	239,986
1962	237,081
1963	235,689
1964	229,149
1965	222,854
1966	223,731
1967	229,296
1968	240,906
1969	250,175
1970	257,516	1,330	1,330			5.2	0.5
1971	276,361	2,519	2,519			9.1	0.9
1972	264,969
1973	247,670
1974	245,177
1975	233,012
1976	227,810
1977	226,291
1978	224,181
1979	223,129
1980	225,527
1981	235,842
1982	239,903
1983	242,570
1984	234,034		(55,150)			235.6	19.1
1985	247,348	65,240	56,371			263.8	20.9
1986	243,408	69,296	59,876			284.7	22.2
1987	243,959	69,752	60,271		1,087	285.9	22.2
1988	246,193	72,240	62,420		1,141	293.4	22.7
1989	250,853	76,862	66,414		1,094	306.4	23.5
1990	262,648	80,113	69,223		1,198	305.0	23.4
1991	257,247	81,430	70,361	31	1,150	316.5	24.0
1992	264,151	85,003	73,448	32	1,171	321.8	24.3
1993	260,229	85,153	74,902		939	327.2	24.7
1994	258,051	87,965	77,627	32	898	340.9	25.4
1995	256,190	90,182	78,237	24		352.0	26.0
1996	253,834	89,076	78,072	23		350.9	26.0
1997	251,842	87,497	76,216	21		347.4	25.8
1998	249,616	86,862	75,788	14	1,336	348.0	25.8
1999	248,870	85,731	74,001	15	1,284	344.5	25.6
2000	249,636	86,931	75,543	21	1,793	348.2	25.8
2001	246,394	88,306	77,046	14		358.4	26.4
2002	250,988	86,552	75,906	13		344.8	25.6
2003	251,220	84,460	73,623	13		336.2	25.2
2004	59,742		72,897	18
2005			34,730
year	live births	abortions, legal	abortions, legal reported	abortions, abroad	miscarriages	abortion ratio	abortion %

Note: Abortion figures for 2004 are through October only. See Abortion Statistics page for additional explanatory notes.

Sources:

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Last modified 15 August 2005.
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