Historical abortion statistics, Faeroe Islands

Historical abortion statistics, Faeroe Islands

compiled by Wm. Robert Johnston
last updated 18 December 2004

year	live births	abortions, legal	abortion ratio	abortion %
1966	969	12	12	1.2
1967	956	11	12	1.1
1968	878	30	34	3.3
1969	843	41	49	4.6
1970	814	23	28	2.7
1971	779	28	36	3.5
1972	798	37	46	4.4
1973	808	30	37	3.6
1974	798	23	29	2.8
1975	781	26	33	3.2
1976	756
1977	759
1978	742
1979	790
1980	741
1981	753
1982	726
1983	688
1984	695
1985	760
1986	794
1987	785
1988	880
1989	946
1990	955
1991	873
1992	811
1993	771
1994	670
1995	641
1996	675
1997	666
1998	627
1999	627
2000	698
2001	631
2002	708
2003
2004
year	live births	abortions, legal	abortion ratio	abortion %

Note: See Abortion Statistics page for explanatory notes.

Sources (incomplete):

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).
Statistics Faroe Islands, "Statistical Bulletin 2000 of the Faroe Islands", 2000, on line, Statistics Faroe Islands [http://www.hagstova.fo/hagtol/Bulletin/sb_2000.pdf].
Statistics Faroe Islands, "Table 2.14: Live Births, Deaths and Excess of Birth", 2003, on line, Statistics Faroe Islands [http://www.hagstova.fo/Hagtol/Arbok/Arbok_03/t_02_14.pdf].
Statistics Faroe Islands, "Yearbook 2003", 2003, on line, Statistics Faroe Islands [http://www.hagstova.fo/Welcome_uk.html].
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/].

© 2000-2003, 2004 by Wm. Robert Johnston.
Last modified 18 December 2004.
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