Historical abortion statistics, Bulgaria

Historical abortion statistics, Bulgaria

compiled by Wm. Robert Johnston
last updated 10 May 2006

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
2004
2005
year	live births	abortions, legal	abortions, legal	miscarriages	miscarriages (fetal deaths)	abortion ratio	abortion %

Note: Miscarriages may include unregistered abortions. See Abortion Statistics page for explanatory notes.

Sources:

Council of Europe, Demographic Yearbook, 2002 ed., 2002, on line, Council of Europe [http://www.coe.int/t/e/social%5Fcohesion/population/demographic%5Fyear%5Fbook/2002%5FEdition/].
Council of Europe, Demographic Yearbook, 2003 ed., 2004, on line, Council of Europe [http://www.coe.int/t/e/social_cohesion/population/demographic_year_book/2003_Edition/04%20Country%20Data/Default.asp#TopOfPage].
Dept. for Economic and Social Information and Policy Analysis, Statistics Division, 2006, 2003 Demographic Yearbook, United Nations (New York, NY).
Shoup, Paul S., 1981, The East European and Soviet Data Handbook: Political, Social, and Developmental Indicators, 1945-1975, Hoover Institution Press (New York, NY).
Tietze, Christopher, 1979, Induced Abortion: A World Review 1979, 3rd ed., Population Council (New York, NY).
Tietze, Christopher, 1969, "Induced Abortion as a Method of Fertility Control," pp. 311-337, in Fertility and Family Planning: A World View, ed. by S. J. Behrman, Leslie Corsa, Jr., and Ronald Freedman, Univ. of Michigan Press (Ann Arbor, MI).

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Last modified 10 May 2006.
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