Historical abortion statistics, Hong Kong

Abortion statistics and other data--Johnston`s Archive

Historical abortion statistics, Hong Kong

compiled by Wm. Robert Johnston
last updated 16 April 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 15-44.
Abortion rate, occurrences (AWR) is abortion occurrences from Abortion Worldwide Report figures per 1000 women ages 15-39.

year	live births	abortions, reported	abortions (AWR)	abortions, residents, in country only	abortions, residents, obtained abroad	abortions, residents, total	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	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)
1948	47,475
1949	54,774
1950	60,600
1951	68,500
1952	71,976
1953	75,544
1954	83,317
1955	90,511
1956	96,746
1957	97,834
1958	106,624
1959	104,579
1960	110,667
1961	108,726						1,683
1962	119,166
1963	118,413
1964	111,436
1965	106,362
1966	96,436						1,246
1967	94,368
1968	83,641
1969	82,482
1970	79,132
1971	79,789						656
1972	80,344
1973	82,252	200	200	(200)		200		2.4	2.4	0.24	0.24	0.2
1974	83,581	600	600	(600)		600		7.2	7.2	0.71	0.71	0.6
1975	79,759	1,000	1,000	(1,000)		1,000		12.5	12.5	1.24	1.24	1.1
1976	78,511	2,200	2,200	(2,200)		2,200	521	28.0	28.0	2.73	2.73	2.3
1977	80,022	3,800	3,800	(3,800)		3,800	528	47.5	47.5	4.53	4.53	3.9
1978	80,957	5,500	5,500	(5,500)		5,500	431	67.9	67.9	6.36	6.36	5.4
1979	81,975	7,027	7,027	(7,027)		7,027	389	85.7	85.7	7.90	7.90	6.7
1980	85,290	9,400	9,400	(9,400)		9,400	483	110.2	110.2	9.93	9.93	8.7
1981	86,751	10,600	10,600	(10,600)	6	10,606	475	122.3	122.2	10.89	10.89
1982	86,120	12,200	12,200	(12,200)	6	12,206	438	141.7	141.7	12.41	12.41	10.3
1983	83,293	13,400	13,400	(13,400)		13,400	386	160.9	160.9	13.86	13.86
1984	77,297	14,500	14,500	(14,500)		14,500	330	187.6	187.6	15.80	15.80	11.3
1985	76,126	15,400	15,400	(15,400)		15,400	295	202.3	202.3	16.83	16.83
1986	71,620	16,800	16,800	(16,800)	6	16,806	292	234.7	234.6	19.01	19.00	12.4
1987	69,958	17,600	17,600	(17,600)		17,600	291	251.6	251.6	20.10	20.10
1988	75,412	(18,000)	18,000	(18,000)		18,000	310	238.7	238.7	19.27	19.27	13.0
1989	69,621		(19,600)				317
1990	67,731	21,114	21,114	(21,114)		21,114	281	311.7	311.7	23.76	23.76	14.5	16.59
1991	68,281	22,120	22,120	(22,120)		22,120	231	324.0	324.0	24.47	24.47	14.9	17.19
1992	70,949	24,316	24,316	(24,316)		24,316	342	342.7	342.7	25.52	25.52	16.2	18.67
1993	70,451	26,057	26,057	(26,057)		26,057	357	369.9	369.9	27.00	27.00	16.9	19.66
1994	71,646	26,049	26,049	(26,049)		26,049	343	363.6	363.6	26.66	26.66	16.4	19.15
1995	68,637	25,363	25,363	(25,363)		25,363	266	369.5	369.5	26.98	26.98	15.6	18.07
1996	63,291	25,041	25,041	(25,041)		25,041	216	395.6	395.6	28.35	28.35	15.1	17.28
1997	59,250	23,939	23,939	(23,939)		23,939	243	404.0	404.0	28.78	28.78		16.30
1998	52,977	22,086	22,086	(22,086)		22,086	226	416.9	416.9	29.42	29.42		15.08
1999	51,281	20,891	20,891	(20,891)		20,891	228	407.4	407.4	28.95	28.95		14.32
2000	54,134	21,375	21,375	(21,375)		21,375	301	394.9	394.9	28.31	28.31		14.71
2001	48,219	20,235	20,235	(20,235)		20,235	221	419.6	419.6	29.56	29.56		14.03
2002	48,209	18,651	18,651	(18,651)		18,651	308	386.9	386.9	27.90	27.90		13.08
2003	46,965	17,420	17,420	(17,420)		17,420	189	370.9	370.9	27.06	27.06	10.0	12.40
2004	49,796	15,882	15,882	(15,882)		15,882	164	318.9	318.9	24.18	24.18		11.37
2005	57,098	14,192	14,192	(14,192)		14,192	218	248.6	248.6	19.91	19.91		10.18
2006	65,626	13,510	13,510	(13,510)		13,510	152	205.9	205.9	17.07	17.07		9.73
2007	70,875	13,515	13,515	(13,515)		13,515	176	190.7	190.7	16.01	16.01		9.72
2008	78,822	13,199	13,199	(13,199)		13,199	169	167.5	167.5	14.34	14.34		9.54
2009	82,095	12,028	12,028	(12,028)		12,028	158	146.5	146.5	12.78	12.78		8.78
2010	88,584	11,231	11,231	(11,231)		11,231	152	126.8	126.8	11.25	11.25		8.26
2011	95,451	11,864	11,864	(11,864)		11,864	184	124.3	124.3	11.06	11.06		8.79
2012	91,558	11,298	11,298	(11,298)		11,298	148	123.4	123.4	10.98	10.98		8.48
2013	57,084	10,653	10,653	(10,653)		10,653	119	186.6	186.6	15.73	15.73		8.17
2014	62,305	10,359	10,359	(10,359)		10,359	167	166.3	166.3	14.26	14.26		8.13
2015	59,898	9,890	9,890	(9,890)		9,890	150	165.1	165.1	14.17	14.17		7.96
2016	60,856	9,481	9,481	(9,481)		9,481	180	155.8	155.8	13.48	13.48		7.79
2017	56,548	8,780	8,780	(8,780)		8,780	139	155.3	155.3	13.44	13.44		7.37
2018	53,716	8,518	8,518	(8,518)		8,518	124	158.6	158.6	13.69	13.69		7.33
2019	52,856	8,272	8,272	(8,272)		8,272	140	156.5	156.5	13.53	13.53		7.32
2020	43,031	10,847	10,847	(10,847)		10,847	154	252.1	252.1	20.13	20.13		9.88
2021	36,953		(10,800)		1		125						(10.1)
2022			(10,800)										(10.4)
year	live births	abortions, reported	abortions (AWR)	abortions, residents, in country only	abortions, residents, obtained abroad	abortions, residents, total	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	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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