Historical abortion statistics, Italy

Historical abortion statistics, Italy

compiled by Wm. Robert Johnston
last updated 10 May 2006

year	live births	abortions, legal	abortions, abroad	miscarriages	abortion ratio	abortion %
1965	990,458			19,998
1966	979,940			19,306
1967	948,772			17,346
1968	930,172			16,282
1969	932,466		19	15,099
1970	901,472		100	14,109
1971	906,182		184	13,407
1972	888,203		500	12,453
1973	874,456		1,171	11,668
1974	868,882		1,800	10,691
1975	827,852		5,600	9,271
1976	781,638		8,211	8,345
1977	741,103		7,500	7,219
1978	709,043	137,400	3,900	6,564	194	16.2
1979	670,221	187,752	1,000	5,748	280	21.9
1980	640,401	220,263	800	5,453	344	25.6
1981	623,103	224,377	642	4,950	360	26.5
1982	619,097	234,593	600	4,703	379	27.5
1983	601,928	231,401	600	4,396	384	27.8
1984	587,871	228,377	700	4,175	388	28.0
1985	577,345	210,192	600	3,871	364	26.7
1986	555,445	196,969	664	3,584	355	26.2
1987	551,539	187,618	600	3,486	340	25.4
1988	569,698	175,541	600	3,453	308	23.6
1989	560,688	166,290	674	3,306	297	22.9
1990	569,255	161,386	620	3,157	284	22.1
1991	562,787	157,262	658	3,079	279	21.8
1992	567,841	150,271	650	2,762	265	20.9
1993	549,484	145,229	648	2,596	264	20.9
1994	533,050	136,481	598	2,377	256	20.4
1995	525,609	136,817	517	2,264	260	20.7
1996	528,103	138,925	427	2,205	263	20.8
1997	534,461	140,166	433	2,182	241	19.4
1998	515,439	138,354	395	2,176	240	19.3
1999	537,242	139,213	394	1,965	259	20.6
2000	543,039	135,133	416	1,818	249	19.9
2001	535,282	132,234	389		247	19.8
2002	538,198	131,039	302		243	19.6
2003	539,503	124,118			230	18.7
2004
2005
year	live births	abortions, legal	abortions, abroad	miscarriages	abortion ratio	abortion %

Note: See Abortion Statistics page for explanatory notes.

Sources (incomplete):

Catholic Online, 20 Feb. 2005, "Abortion: a law unto itself," Catholic Online, on line [http://www.catholic.org/featured/headline.php?ID=1826].
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).
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. for Economic and Social Information and Policy Analysis, Statistics Division, 2006, 2003 Demographic Yearbook, 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, 1988, 1986 Demographic Yearbook, 38th ed., United Nations (New York, NY).
Sachdev, Paul, ed., 1988, International Handbook on Abortion, Greenwood Press (Westport, CT).

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