Historical abortion statistics, Czechoslovakia

Historical abortion statistics, Czechoslovakia

compiled by Wm. Robert Johnston
last updated 14 September 2004

year	live births	abortions, legal	miscarriages	miscarriages (fetal deaths)	abortion ratio	abortion %
1947	294,404
1948	289,026
1949	276,537
1950	288,062
1951	286,233
1952	280,967
1953	271,671	1,500	29,100	3,200	6	0.5
1954	266,712	2,798	30,600	3,100	11	1.1
1955	265,179	2,123	33,000	3,200	8	0.8
1956	261,976	3,117	31,000	2,900	12	1.2
1957	252,740	7,300	30,200	3,000	29	2.8
1958	235,034	61,418	27,700	2,600	280	21.9
1959	216,973	79,131	26,400	2,400	365	26.7
1960	217,291	88,288	26,300	2,200	405	28.8
1961	218,378	94,306	26,000	2,300	432	30.2
1962	217,456	89,800	26,100		403	28.7
1963	235,998	70,546	29,400		290	22.5
1964	241,298	70,698	28,500		298	23.0
1965	231,695	79,591	26,200		354	26.1
1966	222,615	90,263	25,400		412	29.2
1967	215,985	96,421			452	31.1
1968	213,807	99,886			456	31.3
1969	222,934	102,797			457	31.4
1970	228,531	99,766	25,308		427	29.9
1971	237,242	97,271			298	23.0
1972	251,455	91,292			347	25.8
1973	274,703	81,233			280	21.9
1974	291,800	83,055			286	22.2
1975	289,425	81,671			298	23.0
1976	287,192	84,589			298	23.0
1977	281,722	88,989			318	24.1
1978	278,250	92,545			335	25.1
1979	271,824	94,486			359	26.4
1980	248,901	100,170			421	29.6
1981	237,728	103,517			435	30.3
1982	234,356	107,638			461	31.6
1983	229,484	108,662			481	32.5
1984	226,595	113,802			510	33.8
1985	226,036	119,325			528	34.6
1986	220,494	124,188			563	36.0
1987	214,927	159,316		964	741	42.6
1988	215,909	164,730		988	763	43.3
1989	208,472	160,285		891	769	43.5
1990	210,553	159,705		931	759	43.1
1991	207,969	151,944			731	42.2
1992	196,345	136,806			697	41.1
year	live births	abortions, legal	miscarriages	miscarriages (fetal deaths)	abortion ratio	abortion %

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

Sources (incomplete):

Dept. for Economic and Social Information and Policy Analysis, Statistics Division, 1997, 1995 Demographic Yearbook, 47th ed., United Nations (New York, NY).
Dept. for Economic and Social Information and Policy Analysis, Statistics Division, 1998, 1996 Demographic Yearbook, 48th ed., United Nations (New York, NY).
Dept. of International Economic and Social Affairs, Statistical Office, 1976, 1975 Demographic Yearbook, 27th ed., United Nations (New York, NY).
Dept. of International Economic and Social Affairs, Statistical Office, 1979, 1978 Demographic Yearbook, 30th ed., United Nations (New York, NY).
Dept. of International Economic and Social Affairs, Statistical Office, 1988, 1986 Demographic Yearbook, 38th ed., United Nations (New York, NY).
Dept. of International Economic and Social Affairs, Statistical Office, 1991, 1989 Demographic Yearbook, 41st ed., United Nations (New York, NY).
Sachdev, Paul, ed., 1988, International Handbook on Abortion, Greenwood Press (Westport, CT).
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).
United Nations, Statistics Division, 17 March 2000, United Nations: Demographic Yearbook, Historical Supplement 1948-1997, on line, United Nations Statistics Division [http://157.62.21.4/SHARE1/UN%20Demographics/].

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