Historical abortion statistics, Estonia

Abortion statistics and other data--Johnston`s Archive

Historical abortion statistics, Estonia

compiled by Wm. Robert Johnston
last updated 29 July 2023

Definition of table data (see notes after table for additional information):

Live births.
Abortions, reported includes legal reported induced abortions.
Abortions (AWR) are combined reported and estimated abortion occurrences from the Abortion Worldwide Report and working papers.
Abortions, residents, in country only includes reported abortions obtained within the country by residents only.
Abortions, residents, obtained abroad includes reported abortions by country residents obtained in other countries.
Abortions, residents, total includes reported abortions by residents, obtained both within the country and abroad.
Fetal deaths generally includes fetal deaths or stillbirths of at least 20 weeks` gestation.
Miscarriages generally includes spontaneous fetal losses/ abortions, fetal deaths, or stillbirths, regardless of gestation period.
Abortion ratio is abortions per 1000 live births.
Abortion % is abortions as percentage of pregnancies (excluding fetal deaths/miscarriages).
Abortion rate, residents is abortions by residency per 1000 women ages 15-49.
Abortion rate, occurrences (AWR) is abortion occurrences from Abortion Worldwide Report figures per 1000 women ages 15-39.

Estonia regional level data also available here.

year	live births	abortions, reported	abortions (AWR)	abortions, residents, in country only	abortions, residents, obtained abroad	abortions, residents, total	abortions, illegal	miscarriages and abortions	miscarriages	fetal deaths	abortion ratio		abortion %		abortion rate, residents	abortion rate, occurences (AWR)
year	live births	abortions, reported	abortions (AWR)	abortions, residents, in country only	abortions, residents, obtained abroad	abortions, residents, total	abortions, illegal	miscarriages and abortions	miscarriages	fetal deaths	residents, in/out of country	all in country	residents, in/out of country	all in country	abortion rate, residents	abortion rate, occurences (AWR)
1919	18,456
1920	19,625
1921	22,067
1922	22,255
1923	22,347
1924	21,441
1925	20,445
1926	19,977
1927	19,705
1928	20,064
1929	19,110
1930	19,471
1931	19,509
1932	19,742
1933	18,208
1934	17,305
1935	17,891
1936	18,222
1937	18,190
1938	18,453
1939	18,450
1940	18,407
1941	19,574
1942	19,242
1943	16,001
1944	15,180
1945	14,968
1946	19,408
1947	22,721
1948	21,777
1949	21,770
1950	20,279
1951	20,730
1952	21,111
1953	20,146
1954	20,909		(700)
1955	20,786		(1,400)
1956	19,660		(7,000)
1957	19,509		(9,000)
1958	19,598		(15,000)
1959	19,938		(23,000)
1960	20,187	35,915	35,915	(35,915)		35,915				266	1779.1	1779.1	64.00	64.00
1961	20,230		(37,900)							316
1962	19,959		(39,400)							268
1963	19,275	40,166	40,166	(40,166)		40,166				260	2083.8	2083.8	67.60	67.60
1964	19,629	42,340	42,340	(42,340)		42,340				240	2157	2157	68.30	68.30
1965	18,909	40,059	40,059	(40,059)		40,059				229	2118.5	2118.5	67.90	67.90
1966	18,629	40,767	40,767	(40,767)		40,767				237	2188.4	2188.4	68.60	68.60
1967	18,671		(39,300)							237
1968	19,782		(40,200)							211
1969	20,781		(40,700)							196
1970	21,552	40,663	40,663	(40,663)		40,663				204	1,886.7	1,886.7	65.36	65.36
1971	22,118	43,682	43,682	43,682		43,682				266	1,975.0	1,975.0	66.39	66.39
1972	21,757	43,917	43,917	43,917		43,917				224	2,018.5	2,018.5	66.87	66.87
1973	21,239	42,665	42,665	42,665		42,665				225	2,008.8	2,008.8	66.76	66.76
1974	21,461	40,723	40,723	40,723		40,723				199	1,897.5	1,897.5	65.49	65.49
1975	21,360	39,641	39,641	39,641		39,641				203	1,855.9	1,855.9	64.98	64.98	126.2
1976	21,801	38,922	38,922	38,922		38,922				187	1,785.3	1,785.3	64.10	64.10
1977	21,977	38,499	38,499	38,499		38,499				197	1,751.8	1,751.8	63.66	63.66
1978	21,842	37,370	37,370	37,370		37,370				191	1,710.9	1,710.9	63.11	63.11
1979	21,879	36,779	36,779	36,779		36,779				168	1,681.0	1,681.0	62.70	62.70
1980	22,204	36,157	36,157	36,157		36,157				198	1,628.4	1,628.4	61.95	61.95	113.3
1981	22,937	35,569	35,569	35,569		35,569				182	1,550.7	1,550.7	60.80	60.80
1982	23,128	36,827	36,827	36,827		36,827				192	1,592.3	1,592.3	61.42	61.42	115.0
1983	24,155	35,139	35,139	35,139		35,139				187	1,454.7	1,454.7	59.26	59.26
1984	24,234	34,615	34,615	34,615		34,615				210	1,428.4	1,428.4	58.82	58.82	107.7
1985	23,630	35,652	35,652	(35,652)		35,652				197	1,508.8	1,508.8	60.14	60.14
1986	24,106	36,354	36,354	(36,354)		36,354				226	1,508.1	1,508.1	60.13	60.13	110.3
1987	25,086	34,713	34,713	(34,713)		34,713				187	1,383.8	1,383.8	58.05	58.05
1988	25,060	31,395	31,395	31,395		31,395				205	1,252.8	1,252.8	55.61	55.61	95.5
1989	24,292	28,428	28,428	28,428		28,428				182	1,170.3	1,170.3	53.92	53.92	74.0	100.50
1990	22,304	29,410	29,410	(29,410)		29,410				173	1,318.6	1,318.6	56.87	56.87	77.3	104.84
1991	19,320	29,406	29,406	(29,406)		29,406				149	1,522.0	1,522.0	60.35	60.35	79.0	106.07
1992	18,006	25,803	25,803	25,803		25,803		28,403	2,600	175	1,433.0	1,433.0	58.90	58.90	78.2	95.69
1993	15,170	23,284	23,284	23,284		23,284		25,587	2,303	121	1,534.9	1,534.9	60.55	60.55	72.0	89.07
1994	14,176	19,784	19,784	19,784		19,784		22,450	2,666	124	1,395.6	1,395.6	58.26	58.26	62.8	77.14
1995	13,509	17,671	17,671	17,671		17,671		20,518	2,847	101	1,308.1	1,308.1	56.67	56.67	58.1	70.09
1996	13,242	16,893	16,893	16,893		16,893	6	19,464	2,577	102	1,275.7	1,275.7	56.06	56.06	56.0	67.98
1997	12,577	16,620	16,620	16,620		16,620	5	19,157	2,542	109	1,321.5	1,321.5	56.92	56.92	55.2	67.55
1998	12,167	15,798	15,798	15,798		15,798		18,424	2,626	91	1,298.4	1,298.4	56.49	56.49	53.4	64.66
1999	12,425	14,506	14,506	14,506		14,506	3	17,027	2,524	84	1,167.5	1,167.5	53.86	53.86	49.6	59.69
2000	13,067	12,746	12,746	12,746		12,746	1	15,340	2,595	64	975.4	975.4	49.38	49.38	44.7	52.73
2001	12,632	11,657	11,657	11,657		11,657	1	14,055	2,399	63	922.8	922.8	47.99	47.99	41.0	48.56
2002	13,001	10,840	10,840	10,840		10,840	1	13,158	16	74	833.8	833.8	45.47	45.47	38.4	45.39
2003	13,036	10,626	10,626	10,626		10,626	1	13,021	24	63	815.1	815.1	44.91	44.91	38.0	44.58
2004	13,992	10,081	10,081	10,081		10,081		12,641	26	62	720.5	720.5	41.88	41.88	36.8	42.37
2005	14,350	9,619	9,621	11,829		11,829	2	11,849	18	87	824.3	670.3	45.19	40.13	28.1	40.62
2006	14,877	9,394	9,394	11,621		11,621		11,647	2,253	56	781.1	631.4	43.86	38.70	27.6	40.01
2007	15,775	8,900	8,900	11,120		11,120		11,144	2,244	65	704.9	564.2	41.35	36.07	26.3	38.29
2008	16,028	8,420	8,420	10,699		10,699		10,719	2,299	64	667.5	525.3	40.03	34.44	25.1	36.70
2009	15,763	7,565	7,565	9,693		9,693		9,720	2,155	79	614.9	479.9	38.08	32.43	22.7	33.58
2010	15,825	7,087	7,087	7,069		7,069		9,114	2,027	66	446.7	447.8	30.88	30.93	21.6	32.12
2011	14,679	6,689	6,689	6,668		6,668		8,684	1,995	60	454.3	455.7	31.24	31.30	23.6	31.06
2012	14,370	6,082	6,082	6,056		6,056		7,953	1,871	45	421.4	423.2	29.65	29.74	22.6	29.11
2013	13,932	5,811	5,811	5,777		5,777		7,659	1,848	52	414.7	417.1	29.31	29.43	19.5	28.72
2014	13,784	5,188	5,188	5,154		5,154		6,942	1,754	46	373.9	376.4	27.22	27.35	17.7	26.35
2015	13,907	4,919	4,919	4,889		4,889		6,676	1,757	54	351.5	353.7	26.01	26.13	16.8	25.65
2016	14,053	4,475	4,475	4,442		4,442		6,262	1,787	49	316.1	318.4	24.02	24.15	15.5	23.93
2017	13,784	3,997	3,997	3,977		3,977		5,771	1,774	45	288.5	290.0	22.39	22.48	13.9	21.92
2018	14,367	3,821	3,821	3,799	4	3,803		5,627	1,806	47	264.7	266.0	20.93	21.01	13.3	21.45
2019	14,099	3,772	3,772	3,741		3,741		5,562	1,790	28	265.3	267.5	20.97	21.11	13.2	21.64
2020	13,209	3,514	3,514	3,492		3,492		5,161	1,647	30	264.4	266.0	20.91	21.01	12.4	20.57
2021	13,272	3,356	3,356	3,335		3,335		5,049	1,693	35	251.3	252.9	20.08	20.18	11.9	20.05
2022	11,588	3,466	3,466	3,441		3,441		5,035	1,569		296.9	299.1	22.90	23.02	12.0	21.08
year	live births	abortions, reported	abortions (AWR)	abortions, residents, in country only	abortions, residents, obtained abroad	abortions, residents, total	abortions, illegal	miscarriages and abortions	miscarriages	fetal deaths	abortion ratio		abortion %		abortion rate, residents	abortion rate, occurences (AWR)
year	live births	abortions, reported	abortions (AWR)	abortions, residents, in country only	abortions, residents, obtained abroad	abortions, residents, total	abortions, illegal	miscarriages and abortions	miscarriages	fetal deaths	residents, in/out of country	all in country	residents, in/out of country	all in country	abortion rate, residents	abortion rate, occurences (AWR)

Notes:

Parenthetical figures are estimates, some of which are derived from reported data.
Abortion ratios, percentages, and rates may be based on a mix of data from different sources and thus may not represent a consistent time series.

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