Historical abortion statistics, Lithuania

Historical abortion statistics, Lithuania

compiled by Wm. Robert Johnston
last updated 10 May 2006

year	live births	abortions, legal	abortions, legal	miscarriages	abortion ratio	abortion %
1960	62,485	36,500		558	584	36.9
1961	62,775			565
1962	59,728			537
1963	57,024			527
1964	55,856			479
1965	53,818	44,492		482	827	45.3
1966	54,275			432
1967	53,806			442
1968	54,258			359
1969	54,263			368
1970	55,519	45,300		368	816	44.9
1971	56,044			381
1972	54,616			369
1973	51,944			388
1974	51,941			394
1975	51,766	45,600		456	881	46.8
1976	52,296			421
1977	52,166			399
1978	51,821			365
1979	51,937			345
1980	51,765	45,200		337	873	46.6
1981	52,249			358
1982	53,141			344
1983	57,589			352
1984	57,576			402
1985	58,454	41,968		363	718	41.8
1986	59,705	39,245		419	657	39.7
1987	59,360	37,783		409	637	38.9
1988	56,727	34,845		311	614	38.1
1989	55,782	30,775		298	552	35.6
1990	56,868	27,504		305	484	32.6
1991	56,219	40,765	45,904	436	719	41.8
1992	53,617	40,952	48,400	452	756	43.0
1993	47,464	38,864	42,023	372	832	45.4
1994	42,376	30,355		295	708	41.5
1995	41,195	31,278		285	759	43.2
1996	39,066	27,832		236	712	41.6
1997	37,812	22,680		248	600	37.5
1998	37,019	21,022		240	568	36.2
1999	36,415	18,846		207	518	34.1
2000	34,149	16,259		221	476	32.3
2001	31,546	13,677		167	434	30.2
2002	30,014	12,495		193	416	29.4
2003	30,598	11,513		168	376	27.3
2004	30,419			150
2005
year	live births	abortions, legal	abortions, legal	miscarriages	abortion ratio	abortion %

Note: See Abortion Statistics page for explanatory notes.

Sources (incomplete):

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, Statistics Division, 1997, 1995 Demographic Yearbook, 47th 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).
Statistics Lithuania, 2005, "Vital statistics," on line, Statistics Lithuania [http://www.std.lt/web/main.php?parent=595].

© 2000-2005, 2006 by Wm. Robert Johnston.
Last modified 10 May 2006.
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