Historical abortion statistics, Kosovo

Abortion statistics and other data--Johnston`s Archive

Historical abortion statistics, Kosovo

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 of childbearing age.
Abortion rate, occurrences (AWR) is abortion occurrences from Abortion Worldwide Report figures per 1000 women ages 15-39.

Kosovo 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	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	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)
1948	27,792
1949	31,643
1950	35,222
1951	29,299
1952	35,619
1953	34,595
1954	38,595
1955	36,736
1956	37,819
1957	34,159
1958	39,285
1959	37,364
1960	41,631	1,300	1,300	1,300		1,300				31.2	31.2	3.03	3.03
1961	40,561		(1,700)
1962	41,336		(2,100)
1963	41,525		(2,700)
1964	42,557		(3,400)
1965	43,569	4,400	4,400	4,400		4,400				101.0	101.0	9.17	9.17
1966	42,429		(5,700)
1967	44,001	7,100	7,100	7,100		7,100				161.4	161.4	13.89	13.89
1968	44,627		(6,200)
1969	46,480	5,086	5,086	5,086		5,086				109.4	109.4	9.86	9.86
1970	44,496		(5,100)
1971	47,060	(5,076)	5,076	(5,076)		(5,076)	5,076			107.9	107.9	9.74	9.74
1972	47,943		(5,400)
1973	47,714		(5,700)
1974	49,847		(6,000)
1975	49,310		(6,300)
1976	51,355		(6,700)
1977	49,849		(7,100)
1978	49,027		(7,500)
1979	48,125		(7,900)
1980	53,147	(8,327)	8,327	(8,327)		(8,327)	8,327			156.7	156.7	13.55	13.55		30.28
1981	48,111		(9,000)												(31.8)
1982	52,865		(9,600)												(33.1)
1983	49,645		(10,300)												(34.5)
1984	55,243		(11,000)												(35.8)
1985	53,925		(11,600)												(36.6)
1986	54,519	12,270	12,270	12,270		12,270				225.1	225.1	18.37	18.37		37.61
1987	56,221		(11,900)												(35.4)
1988	56,283		(11,400)												(32.9)
1989	53,656	11,015	11,015	11,015		11,015				205.3	205.3	17.03	17.03		30.87
1990	55,175		(10,000)												(27.2)
1991	42,920		(9,100)												(24.0)
1992	44,418		(8,300)						290						(21.3)
1993	44,132		(7,500)						197						(18.6)
1994	43,450		(6,800)						234						(16.4)
1995	44,776		(6,200)												(14.5)
1996	46,041		(5,700)												(13.0)
1997	42,920		(5,100)												(11.4)
1998	41,752		(4,700)												(11.2)
1999	40,020		(4,300)												(11.9)
2000	38,687		(3,900)												(11.3)
2001	37,412		(3,500)												(9.9)
2002	36,136		(3,200)					5,654	211						(8.9)
2003	31,994		(2,900)					6,417	192						(8.0)
2004	35,063		(2,600)					6,399	213						(7.1)
2005	37,218	2,403	2,403	(2,403)		2,403		7,207	306	64.6	64.6	6.06	6.06		6.49
2006	34,187	1,651	1,651	(1,651)		1,651		7,479	122	48.3	48.3	4.61	4.61		4.43
2007	33,112	293	(1,400)	(293)		293		6,681		8.8	8.8	0.88	0.88		(3.8)
2008	34,399	736	(1,200)	(736)		736				21.4	21.4	2.09	2.09		(3.2)
2009	34,458		(1,000)												(2.7)
2010	33,751		(800)												(2.2)
2011	34,262		(700)												(1.9)
2012	27,743	67	(600)	(67)		67				2.4	2.4	0.24	0.24		(1.6)
2013	29,327	124	(500)	(124)		124				4.2	4.2	0.42	0.42		(1.3)
2014	32,087	130	(400)	(130)		130				4.1	4.1	0.40	0.40		(1.1)
2015	31,116	106	(300)	(106)		106				3.4	3.4	0.34	0.34		(0.8)
2016	23,416	111	(300)	(111)		111				4.7	4.7	0.47	0.47		(0.8)
2017	23,402	121	(300)	(121)		121				5.2	5.2	0.51	0.51		(0.8)
2018	22,761	67	(300)	(67)		67			109	2.9	2.9	0.29	0.29		(0.8)
2019	21,798		(300)
2020			(300)
2021			(300)
2022			(300)
year	live births	abortions, reported	abortions (AWR)	abortions, residents, in country only	abortions, residents, obtained abroad	abortions, residents, total	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	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.

Sources (incomplete):

Andolsek, Lidija, 1988, "Yugoslavia," in International Handbook on Abortion, ed. by Paul Sachdev, Greenwood Press (New York, NY), pp. 495-504.
Population Statistics Department of the Statistical Office of Kosovo, Nov. 2004, "Vital statistics of Kosovo 2002-2003," Statistical Office of Kosovo, on line [http://www.ks-gov.net/esk/esk/pdf/english/population/stat_vital_02_03.pdf].
Rasevic, Mirjana, 2004, "The question of abortion in Serbia," Espace, Populations, Societes, 2004(3):681-693.
Statistical Office of Kosovo, Feb. 2008, "Demographic changes of the Kosovo population, 1948-2006," Statistical Office of Kosovo, on line [http://www.ks-gov.net/esk/esk/pdf/english/population/Demographic%20changes%20of%20the%20Kosovo%20population%201948-2006.pdf].
Statistical Office of Kosovo, June 2006, "Health Statistics 2005," Statistical Office of Kosovo, on line [http://www.ks-gov.net/esk/esk/pdf/english/social/health_stat_05.pdf].
Statistical Office of Kosovo, June 2008, "Statistics of births in Kosovo 2007," Statistical Office of Kosovo, on line [http://www.ks-gov.net/ESK/esk/pdf/english/population/Lindjet%202007%20ang.pdf].
Statistical Office of Kosovo, Oct. 2006, "General Statistics Monthly Bulletin, October 2006," Statistical Office of Kosovo, on line [http://www.ks-gov.net/esk/esk/pdf/english/general/buletin_tetor_06.pdf].
Statistical Office of Kosovo, Oct. 2007, "Health Statistics 2006," Statistical Office of Kosovo, on line [http://www.ks-gov.net/esk/esk/pdf/english/social/helth_statistics_2006.pdf].
Statistical Office of the Republic of Serbia, 2004, "Population," in Statistical Yearbook of Serbia 2004, Statistical Office of the Republic of Serbia, on line at Statistical Office of the Republic of Serbia [http://webrzs.statserb.sr.gov.yu/axd/godisnjak/God04d04.pdf].
Statistical Office of the Republic of Serbia, 2005, "Population," in Statistical Yearbook of Serbia 2005, Statistical Office of the Republic of Serbia, on line at Statistical Office of the Republic of Serbia [http://webrzs.statserb.sr.gov.yu/axd/godisnjak/god2005pog04.pdf].
Statistical Office of the Republic of Serbia, 2006, "Population," in Statistical Yearbook of Serbia 2006, Statistical Office of the Republic of Serbia, on line at Statistical Office of the Republic of Serbia [http://webrzs.statserb.sr.gov.yu/axd/godisnjak/god2006pog04.pdf].
Tietze, Christopher, 1976, "Incidence of legal abortion," in Liberalization of Abortion Laws: Implications, ed. by Abdel R. Omran, Carolina Population Center (Chapel Hill, NC), pp. 1-17.
Statistics Estonia, 2014, "Number of live births," Statistics Estonia, on line [http://www.stat.ee/29946].
Eurostat, 2014, "Number of live births," Eurostat, on line [http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/tgm/table.do?tab=table&init=1&plugin=1&language=en&pcode=tps00111].
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