Historical abortion statistics, Japan

Historical abortion statistics, Japan

compiled by Wm. Robert Johnston
last updated 10 August 2005

year	live births	abortions, legal reported	abortions, estimated	miscarriages	abortion ratio (reported)	abortion % (reported)
1947	2,678,792			123,837
1948	2,681,624			143,963
1949	2,696,638	246,104		192,677	91	8.4
1950	2,337,507	489,111		216,974	209	17.3
1951	2,137,689	638,350		217,231	299	23.0
1952	2,005,162	805,524		203,824	402	28.7
1953	1,868,040	1,068,066		193,274	572	36.4
1954	1,769,580	1,143,059		187,119	646	39.2
1955	1,730,692	1,170,143	2,790,000	183,265	676	40.3
1956	1,665,278	1,159,288		179,007	696	41.0
1957	1,566,713	1,122,316		176,353	716	41.7
1958	1,653,469	1,128,231		185,148	682	40.6
1959	1,626,088	1,098,853		181,893	676	40.3
1960	1,606,041	1,063,256	3,150,000	179,281	662	39.8
1961	1,589,374	1,035,329		179,895	651	39.4
1962	1,618,616	985,351		177,363	609	37.8
1963	1,659,521	955,092		175,424	576	36.5
1964	1,716,761	878,748		168,046	512	33.9
1965	1,844,452	843,248	2,750,000	161,617	462	31.6
1966	1,378,968	808,378		148,248	595	37.3
1967	1,956,725	747,490		149,389	386	27.9
1968	1,893,219	757,389		143,259	405	28.8
1969	1,910,297	744,451		139,211	394	28.3
1970	1,955,277	732,033	2,780,000	135,095	379	27.5
1971	2,022,204	739,674		130,920	370	27.0
1972	2,038,682	732,653		125,154	359	26.4
1973	2,091,983	700,532		116,171	333	25.0
1974	2,029,989	679,837		109,738	335	25.1
1975	1,901,440	671,597	2,250,000	101,862	353	26.1
1976	1,832,617	664,106		101,930	362	26.6
1977	1,755,100	641,242		95,247	365	26.8
1978	1,708,643	618,044		87,463	362	26.6
1979	1,642,580	613,676		82,311	374	27.2
1980	1,576,889	598,084		77,446	379	27.5
1981	1,529,455	596,569		79,222	390	28.1
1982	1,515,392	590,299		78,107	390	28.0
1983	1,508,687	568,363		71,941	377	27.4
1984	1,489,780	568,916		72,361	382	27.6
1985	1,431,577	550,127		69,009	384	27.8
1986	1,382,946	527,900		65,678	382	27.6
1987	1,346,658	497,756		63,834	370	27.0
1988	1,314,006	486,146		59,636	370	27.0
1989	1,246,802	466,876		55,204	374	27.2
1990	1,221,585	456,797		53,892	374	27.2
1991	1,223,245	436,299		50,510	357	26.3
1992	1,208,989	413,032		48,896	342	25.5
1993	1,188,282	386,807		45,090	326	24.6
1994	1,238,328	364,350		42,962	294	22.7
1995	1,187,064	343,024		39,403	289	22.4
1996	1,206,555	338,867		39,536	281	21.9
1997	1,191,665	337,799		39,546	283	22.1
1998	1,203,147	333,220		38,988	277	21.7
1999	1,177,669	337,314		38,452	286	22.3
2000	1,190,547	341,164		38,393	287	22.3
2001	1,170,662	341,588		37,467	292	22.6
2002	1,153,855	329,326		36,978	285	22.2
2003	1,123,610	319,831		35,330	285	22.2
2004
year	live births	abortions, legal reported	abortions, estimated	miscarriages	abortion ratio (reported)	abortion % (reported)

Note: See Abortion Statistics page for explanatory notes and sources.

Sources:

"Abortions (1984-2003)," 2005, on line [http://web-japan.org/stat/stats/18WME21.html].
Callahan, Daniel, 1970, Abortion: Law, Choice and Morality, Macmillan Co. (New York, NY).
Dept. for Economic and Social Information and Policy Analysis, Statistics Division, 2003, 2001 Demographic Yearbook, United Nations (New York, NY).
Japan Times, 3 Nov. 2004, "Abortion rate for 19-year-olds 2%," The Japan Times, on line [http://www.japantimes.co.jp/].
Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, 2005, "Summary of Vital Statistics," Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, on line [http://www.mhlw.go.jp/english/database/db-hw/populate/pop2.html].
Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, 2005, "Summary of Vital Statistics," Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, on line [http://www.mhlw.go.jp/english/database/db-hw/populate/pop1.html].
National Institute of Population and Social Security Research, 2003, "Selected Demographic Indicators for Japan", on line, National Institute of Population and Social Security Research (Japan) [http://www.ipss.go.jp/English/S_D_I/Indip.html].
Tietze, Christopher, 1981, Induced Abortion: A World Review 1981, Population Council (New York, NY).
United Nations, Statistics Division, 17 March 2000, United Nations: Demographic Yearbook, Historical Supplement 1948-1997, on line, United Nations Statistics Division [http://157.62.21.4/SHARE1/UN%20Demographics/].

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Last modified 10 August 2005.
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