Historical abortion statistics, Hungary

Historical abortion statistics, Hungary

compiled by Wm. Robert Johnston
last updated 10 May 2006

year	live births	abortions, legal	miscarriages	miscarriages (fetal deaths)	abortion ratio	abortion %
1949	190,398	1,600	31,600	4,500	8	0.8
1950	195,600	1,700	34,300	4,200	9	0.9
1951	190,600	1,700	36,100	3,700	9	0.9
1952	185,800	1,700	42,000	3,500	9	0.9
1953	206,900	2,800	39,900	3,500	14	1.3
1954	223,300	16,300	42,000	3,700	73	6.8
1955	210,400	35,400	43,100	3,400	168	14.4
1956	192,800	82,500	41,100	3,000	428	30.0
1957	167,200	123,400	39,500	2,500	738	42.5
1958	158,400	145,600	37,400	2,200	919	47.9
1959	151,200	152,400	35,300	2,200	1,008	50.2
1960	146,461	162,160	33,800	1,957	1,107	52.5
1961	140,365	169,992	33,700	1,740	1,211	54.8
1962	130,053	163,656	33,900	1,597	1,258	55.7
1963	132,335	173,835	34,100	1,555	1,314	56.8
1964	132,141	184,367	34,300	1,549	1,395	58.3
1965	133,009	180,269	33,700	1,516	1,355	57.5
1966	138,489	186,773	33,600	1,515	1,349	57.4
1967	148,886	187,527		1,579	1,260	55.7
1968	154,419	201,096		1,547	1,302	56.6
1969	154,318	206,817		1,530	1,340	57.3
1970	151,819	192,283		1,520	1,267	55.9
1971	150,640	187,425		1,519	1,244	55.4
1972	153,265	179,035		1,423	1,168	53.9
1973	156,224	169,650		1,399	1,086	52.1
1974	186,288	102,022		1,669	548	35.4
1975	194,240	96,212		1,607	495	33.1
1976	185,405	94,720		1,511	511	33.8
1977	177,574	89,096		1,578	502	33.4
1978	168,160	83,545		1,364	497	33.2
1979	160,364	80,767		1,313	504	33.5
1980	148,673	80,882		1,156	544	35.2
1981	142,890	78,421		1,172	549	35.4
1982	133,559	78,682		1,020	589	37.1
1983	127,258	78,599		902	618	38.2
1984	125,359	82,191		799	656	39.6
1985	130,200	81,970		808	630	38.6
1986	128,204	83,586		828	652	39.5
1987	125,840	84,547		882	672	40.2
1988	124,296	87,106		764	701	41.2
1989	123,304	90,508		653	734	42.3
1990	125,679	90,394		699	719	41.8
1991	127,207	89,931		575	707	41.4
1992	121,724	87,065		509	715	41.7
1993	117,033	75,258		425	643	39.1
1994	115,598	74,491		408	644	39.2
1995	112,054	76,957		353	687	40.7
1996	105,272	76,600		397	728	42.1
1997	100,350	74,564		480	743	42.6
1998	97,301	68,971		556	709	41.5
1999	94,645	65,981		471	697	41.1
2000	97,597	59,249		538	607	37.8
2001	97,047	56,404		550	581	36.8
2002	96,804	56,075		523	579	36.7
2003	94,647	53,789			568	36.2
2004
2005
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:

Council of Europe, 2001, "Hungary", in Demographic Yearbook, 2001 ed., on line, Council of Europe [http://www.coe.int/t/e/social%5Fcohesion/population/demographic%5Fyear%5Fbook/2001%5FEdition/Hungary%202001.asp].
Council of Europe, 2002, "Hungary", in Demographic Yearbook, 2002 ed., on line, Council of Europe [http://www.coe.int/t/e/social_cohesion/population/demographic_year_book/2002_Edition/RAPNAT2002%20%20Hungary%20e.asp].
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, Statistics Division, 2006, 2003 Demographic Yearbook, United Nations (New York, NY).
Sachdev, Paul, ed., 1988, International Handbook on Abortion, Greenwood Press (New York, NY).
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).
Tietze, Christopher, 1979, Induced Abortion: 1979, 3rd. ed., Population Council (New York, NY).

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