Historical abortion statistics, Greece

Historical abortion statistics, Greece

compiled by Wm. Robert Johnston
last updated 9 April 2005

year	live births	abortions, legal	miscarriages	abortion ratio	abortion %
1970	144,928		1,922
1971	141,126	26	1,920	0.2	0.02
1972	140,891	34	1,806	0.2	0.02
1973	137,526	119	1,697	0.9	0.09
1974	144,069	59	1,756	0.4	0.04
1975	142,273	61	1,701	0.4	0.04
1976	146,566	44	1,807	0.3	0.03
1977	143,739	45	1,566	0.3	0.03
1978	146,588	45	1,503	0.3	0.03
1979	147,965	137	1,454	0.9	0.09
1980	148,134	117	1,368	0.8	0.08
1981	140,953	109	1,323	0.8	0.08
1982	137,275		1,187
1983	132,608	220	1,174	1.7	0.2
1984	125,724	193	1,130	1.5	0.2
1985	116,481	180	950	1.5	0.2
1986	112,810	356	926	3.2	0.3
1987	106,392	1,584	853	15	1.5
1988	107,505	3,205	736	30	2.9
1989	101,657	7,388	735	73	6.8
1990	102,229	10,145	735	99	9.0
1991	102,620	11,109	706	108	9.8
1992	104,081	11,977	629	115	10.3
1993	101,799	12,289	679	121	10.8
1994	103,763	12,608	599	122	10.8
1995	101,495	(12,400)	645	122	10.9
1996	100,718	12,542	599	125	11.1
1997	102,038		628
1998	100,895		597
1999	100,643		624
2000	103,267		540
2001	102,282		588
2002	102,500
2003
2004
year	live births	abortions, legal	miscarriages	abortion ratio	abortion %

Note: 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, 1995, 1993 Demographic Yearbook, 45th ed., United Nations (New York, NY).
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 Economic and Social Affairs, 2002, 2000 Demographic Yearbook, 52nd 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).
United Nations Economic Commission for Europe, "2.12 Abortion Rates, 1980-2000," 18 Sept. 2003, on line, United Nations Economic Commission for Europe [http://www.unece.org/stats/trends/ch2/2.12.xls].

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