Historical abortion statistics, Finland

Historical abortion statistics, Finland

compiled by Wm. Robert Johnston
last updated 9 April 2005

year	live births	abortions, legal	miscarriages	abortion ratio	abortion %
1951	93,063	3,007		32.3	3.1
1952	94,314	3,327		35.3	3.4
1953	90,866	3,802		41.8	4.0
1954	89,845	3,699		41.2	4.0
1955	89,740	3,659		40.8	3.9
1956	88,896	4,090		46.0	4.4
1957	86,985	4,553		52.3	5.0
1958	81,148	5,274		65.0	6.1
1959	83,253	5,773		69.3	6.5
1960	82,129	6,188	1,259	75.3	7.0
1961	81,996	5,867		71.6	6.7
1962	81,454	6,015		73.8	6.9
1963	82,251	5,616		68.3	6.4
1964	82,428	4,919		59.7	5.6
1965	77,885	4,782	904	61.4	5.8
1966	77,697	5,219		67.2	6.3
1967	77,289	5,618		72.7	6.8
1968	73,654	6,288		85.4	7.9
1969	67,450	8,175		121.2	10.8
1970	64,559	14,757	519	228.6	18.6
1971	61,067	20,622		335.1	25.1
1972	58,864	22,146		376.4	27.3
1973	56,787	23,362		411	29.1
1974	62,472	22,846	464	366	26.8
1975	65,719	21,547	378	316	24.0
1976	66,846	19,818	376	296	22.9
1977	65,659	17,772	335	277	21.7
1978	63,983	16,928	314	265	20.9
1979	63,428	15,849	269	251	20.1
1980	63,064	15,037	267	240	19.4
1981	63,469	14,120	260	218	17.9
1982	66,106	13,861	263	208	17.2
1983	66,892	13,360	268	202	16.8
1984	65,076	13,645	260	210	17.4
1985	62,796	13,833	243	220	18.1
1986	60,632	13,319	191	220	18.0
1987	59,827	12,995	305	217	17.8
1988	63,316	12,749	332	201	16.8
1989	63,348	12,658	284	200	16.7
1990	65,549	12,232	270	186	15.7
1991	65,395	11,747	271	179	15.2
1992	66,731	11,071	264	166	14.2
1993	64,826	10,342	233	160	13.8
1994	65,231	10,013	219	154	13.3
1995	63,067	9,884	250	156	13.5
1996	60,723	10,437	210	172	14.7
1997	59,329	10,250	221	173	14.7
1998	57,108	10,749	211	188	15.8
1999	57,574	10,830	177	188	15.8
2000	56,742	10,932	231	193	16.2
2001	56,189	10,694	198	190	16.0
2002	55,555	10,908		196	16.4
2003	56,450	10,709		190	15.9
2004
year	live births	abortions, legal	miscarriages	abortion ratio	abortion %

Note: See Abortion Statistics page for explanatory notes.

Sources (incomplete):

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, 1994, 1992 Demographic Yearbook, 44th ed., United Nations (New York, NY).
Piepponen, Paavo, 1974, "Finland," pp. 98-112, in Population Policy in Developed Countries, ed. by Bernard Berelson, McGraw Hill (New York, NY).
Welfare and Health Care Statistics, 17 Dec. 2002, "Nordic statistics on induced abortions--Data Supplier Feedback 20/2002," on line, STAKES (Finland) [http://www.stakes.info/files/pdf/tiedonantajapalautteet/2002/Tp20_02.pdf].
Welfare and Health Care Statistics, 8 Nov. 2004, "Nordic statistics on induced abortions," on line, STAKES (Finland) [http://www.stakes.info/].

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