| year | live births | abortions, legal | abortions, legal | miscarriages | miscarriages (fetal deaths) | abortion ratio | abortion % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950 | 183,000 | ||||||
| 1951 | 153,000 | ||||||
| 1952 | 154,000 | ||||||
| 1953 | 153,200 | 1,100 | 16,300 | 7 | 0.7 | ||
| 1954 | 149,900 | 900 | 1,100 | 17,500 | 7 | 0.7 | |
| 1955 | 151,000 | 2,200 | (16,900) | 15 | 1.4 | ||
| 1956 | 147,900 | 2,000 | (25,000) | (15,000) | 14 | 1.3 | |
| 1957 | 141,000 | 31,700 | 14,500 | 225 | 18.4 | ||
| 1958 | 138,300 | 38,100 | 17,400 | 276 | 21.6 | ||
| 1959 | 136,900 | 46,200 | 18,200 | 338 | 25.2 | ||
| 1960 | 140,082 | 55,600 | 143,155 | 19,300 | 1,737 | 1,022 | 50.5 |
| 1961 | 137,861 | 69,500 | 169,060 | 19,900 | 1,677 | 1,226 | 55.1 |
| 1962 | 134,148 | 77,400 | 95,842 | 21,100 | 1,597 | 714 | 41.7 |
| 1963 | 132,143 | 84,000 | 101,309 | 20,500 | 1,461 | 767 | 43.4 |
| 1964 | 130,958 | 92,300 | 112,310 | 1,315 | 858 | 46.2 | |
| 1965 | 125,791 | 97,200 | 116,079 | 1,251 | 923 | 48.0 | |
| 1966 | 123,039 | 102,200 | 121,060 | 1,219 | 984 | 49.6 | |
| 1967 | 124,582 | 109,200 | 129,972 | 1,343 | 1,043 | 51.1 | |
| 1968 | 141,460 | 91,200 | 113,755 | 1,407 | 804 | 44.6 | |
| 1969 | 143,060 | 108,100 | 129,852 | 1,234 | 908 | 47.6 | |
| 1970 | 138,745 | 120,900 | 142,511 | 1,382 | 1,027 | 50.7 | |
| 1971 | 135,422 | 132,500 | 153,687 | 1,380 | 1,135 | 53.2 | |
| 1972 | 131,316 | 133,600 | 154,715 | 1,238 | 1,178 | 54.1 | |
| 1973 | 139,713 | 115,400 | 137,439 | 1,249 | 984 | 49.6 | |
| 1974 | 149,196 | 125,000 | 144,509 | 1,230 | 969 | 45.6 | |
| 1975 | 144,668 | 123,700 | 143,450 | 1,168 | 992 | 46.0 | |
| 1976 | 144,929 | 121,100 | 142,267 | 1,141 | 982 | 46.0 | |
| 1977 | 141,702 | 122,900 | 141,917 | 1,093 | 1,002 | 50.0 | |
| 1978 | 136,442 | 127,800 | 147,974 | 1,092 | 1,084 | 52.0 | |
| 1979 | 135,358 | 148,084 | 971 | 1,094 | 52.2 | ||
| 1980 | 128,190 | 156,056 | 986 | 1,217 | 54.9 | ||
| 1981 | 124,372 | 152,531 | 761 | 1,226 | 55.1 | ||
| 1982 | 124,166 | 147,976 | 919 | 1,192 | 54.4 | ||
| 1983 | 122,993 | 134,413 | 863 | 1,093 | 52.2 | ||
| 1984 | 122,303 | 131,322 | 840 | 1,074 | 51.8 | ||
| 1985 | 118,955 | 132,269 | 785 | 1,112 | 52.6 | ||
| 1986 | 120,078 | 134,964 | 716 | 1,124 | 52.9 | ||
| 1987 | 116,672 | 134,097 | 720 | 1,149 | 53.5 | ||
| 1988 | 117,440 | 133,147 | 698 | 1,134 | 53.1 | ||
| 1989 | 112,289 | 132,021 | 664 | 1,176 | 54.0 | ||
| 1990 | 105,180 | 144,644 | 641 | 1,375 | 57.9 | ||
| 1991 | 95,910 | 138,405 | 612 | 1,443 | 59.1 | ||
| 1992 | 89,134 | 132,891 | 654 | 1,491 | 59.9 | ||
| 1993 | 84,400 | 107,416 | 587 | 1,273 | 56.0 | ||
| 1994 | 79,442 | 97,567 | 492 | 1,228 | 55.1 | ||
| 1995 | 71,967 | 97,092 | 458 | 1,349 | 57.4 | ||
| 1996 | 72,188 | 98,566 | 555 | 1,365 | 57.7 | ||
| 1997 | 64,125 | 87,896 | 484 | 1,371 | 57.8 | ||
| 1998 | 65,361 | 79,842 | 490 | 1,222 | 55.0 | ||
| 1999 | 72,291 | 72,382 | 540 | 1,001 | 50.0 | ||
| 2000 | 73,679 | 61,378 | 555 | 833 | 45.4 | ||
| 2001 | 68,180 | 51,165 | 500 | 750 | 42.9 | ||
| 2002 | 66,499 | 50,824 | 539 | 764 | 43.3 | ||
| 2003 | 67,359 | 48,035 | 713 | 41.6 | |||
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| 2005 | |||||||
| year | live births | abortions, legal | abortions, legal | miscarriages | miscarriages (fetal deaths) | abortion ratio | abortion % |