| 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 | ||
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| year | live births | abortions, legal | miscarriages | miscarriages (fetal deaths) | abortion ratio | abortion % |