Historical abortion statistics, Iceland

Historical abortion statistics, Iceland

compiled by Wm. Robert Johnston
last updated 13 August 2005

year	live births	abortions, legal	miscarriages	abortion ratio	abortion %
1960	4,916	55	63	11	1.1
1961	4,563	67	71	15	1.4
1962	4,711	61	58	13	1.3
1963	4,820	86	71	18	1.8
1964	4,787	104	58	22	2.1
1965	4,721	68	71	14	1.4
1966	4,692	74	58	16	1.6
1967	4,404	85	50	19	1.9
1968	4,227	74	52	18	1.7
1969	4,218	102	47	24	2.4
1970	4,023	99	40	25	2.4
1971	4,277	142	38	33	3.2
1972	4,676	151	50	32	3.1
1973	4,598	224	43	49	4.6
1974	4,276	224	34	52	5.0
1975	4,384	274	33	62	5.9
1976	4,291	368	27	86	7.9
1977	3,996	456	25	114	10.2
1978	4,162	455	30	109	9.9
1979	4,475	556	17	124	11.1
1980	4,528	523	21	116	10.4
1981	4,345	597	21	137	12.1
1982	4,337	613	17	141	12.4
1983	4,371	689	14	158	13.6
1984	4,113	745	17	181	15.3
1985	3,856	705	9	183	15.5
1986	3,881	685	18	176	15.0
1987	4,193	695	15	166	14.2
1988	4,673	673	18	144	12.6
1989	4,560	670	6	147	12.8
1990	4,768	714	13	150	13.0
1991	4,533	658	13	145	12.7
1992	4,609	743	16	161	13.9
1993	4,623	827	9	179	15.2
1994	4,442	775	15	174	14.9
1995	4,280	807	8	189	15.9
1996	4,329	854	20	197	16.5
1997	4,151	921	13	222	18.2
1998	4,178	914	9	219	17.9
1999	4,100	935	19	228	18.6
2000	4,315	987	15	229	18.6
2001	4,091	984	11	241	19.4
2002	4,049	926	7	229	18.6
2003	4,143	951	4	230	18.7
2004	4,234		15
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].
Statistics Iceland, 2005, "Induced abortions 1982-2003," Statistics Iceland, on line [http://www.statice.is/?pageid=1282&src=/temp_en/heilbrigdismal/lifsvenjur.asp].
Statistics Iceland, 2005, "Live births andn late fetal deaths by sex (singleton, twins etc.) 1838-2004," Statistics Iceland, on line [http://www.statice.is/?pageid=1175&src=/temp_en/mannfjoldi/faeddir.asp].
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 13 August 2005.
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