Historical abortion statistics, Denmark

Historical abortion statistics, Denmark

compiled by Wm. Robert Johnston
last updated 9 April 2005

year	live births	abortions, legal	miscarriages	abortion ratio	abortion %
1939		484		7	0.7
1940		522		7	0.7
1941		519		7	0.7
1942		824		10	1.0
1943		977		12	1.2
1944		1,286		14	1.4
1945		1,577		17	1.7
1946		1,930		20	2.0
1947		2,240		24	2.3
1948		2,543		30	2.9
1949		3,425		43	4.1
1950		3,909		49	4.7
1951	76,600	4,743		62	5.8
1952	76,900	5,031		65	6.1
1953	78,300	4,795		61	5.7
1954	76,400	5,140		67	6.3
1955	76,800	5,381		70	6.5
1956	76,700	4,522		59	5.6
1957	75,300	4,023		53	5.0
1958	74,700	3,895		52	4.9
1959	73,900	3,587		48	4.6
1960	76,077	3,918	958	52	4.9
1961	76,439	4,124	971	54	5.1
1962	77,808	3,996	934	51	4.9
1963	82,413	3,971	948	48	4.6
1964	83,356	4,527	906	54	5.2
1965	85,796	5,188	942	60	5.7
1966	88,332	5,726	875	65	6.1
1967	81,410	6,324	715	78	7.2
1968	74,543	5,986	636	80	7.4
1969	71,298	7,295	612	102	9.3
1970	70,802	9,375	604	132	11.7
1971	75,359	11,157	620	148	12.9
1972	75,505	12,985	577	172	14.7
1973	71,895	16,536	523	230	18.7
1974	71,327	24,868	441	349	25.9
1975	72,071	27,884	483	387	27.9
1976	65,267	26,842	431	411	29.1
1977	61,878	25,662	369	413	29.2
1978	62,036	23,699	364	389	28.0
1979	59,464	23,193	309	398	28.5
1980	57,293	23,334	253	407	28.9
1981	53,089	22,779	281	429	30.0
1982	52,658	21,462	269	408	29.0
1983	50,822	20,791	265	409	29.0
1984	51,800	20,742	230	400	28.6
1985	53,749	19,919	240	371	27.0
1986	55,312	20,067	242	363	26.6
1987	56,221	20,830	288	371	27.0
1988	58,844	21,199	292	360	26.5
1989	61,351	21,456	314	350	25.9
1990	63,433	20,589	298	324	24.5
1991	64,358	19,729	296	306	23.4
1992	67,726	18,833	339	278	21.8
1993	67,369	18,687	308	276	21.6
1994	69,666	17,598	309	253	20.2
1995	69,771	17,720	318	254	20.2
1996	67,638	18,135	324	268	21.1
1997	67,636	17,152		340	20.2
1998	66,170	16,592		317	20.0
1999	66,232	16,271		294	19.7
2000	67,084	15,681		248	18.9
2001	65,458	15,315		277	19.0
2002	64,149	14,991		234	18.9
2003	64,682	15,567		241	19.4
2004
year	live births	abortions, legal	miscarriages	abortion ratio	abortion %

Note: See Abortion Statistics page for explanatory notes.

Sources:

Callahan, Daniel, 1970, Abortion: Law, Choice and Morality, Macmillan Co. (New York, NY).
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].
Danmarks Statistik, 2004, on line [http://www.statistikbanken.dk/statbank5a].
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).

© 2000-2004, 2005 by Wm. Robert Johnston.
Last modified 9 April 2005.
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