Historical abortion statistics, Malta

Abortion statistics and other data--Johnston`s Archive

Historical abortion statistics, Malta

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, 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.
Abortions, residents (AWR) are combined reported and estimated abortions by residents (in and out of country) from the Abortion Worldwide Report and working papers.
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, residents (AWR) is abortions by residency from Abortion Worldwide Report figures per 1000 women ages 15-39.

year	live births	abortions, reported	abortions, residents, in country only	abortions, residents, obtained abroad	abortions, residents, total	abortions, residents (AWR)	miscarriages	fetal deaths	abortion ratio		abortion %		abortion rate, residents	abortion rate, residents (AWR)
year	live births	abortions, reported	abortions, residents, in country only	abortions, residents, obtained abroad	abortions, residents, total	abortions, residents (AWR)	miscarriages	fetal deaths	residents, in/out of country	all in country	residents, in/out of country	all in country	abortion rate, residents	abortion rate, residents (AWR)
1948	11,029
1949	10,590
1950	10,281
1951	9,511
1952	9,226
1953	8,977
1954	8,991
1955	8,560
1956	8,418
1957	8,794
1958	8,528
1959	8,499
1960	8,565
1961	7,674
1962	7,513
1963	6,672
1964	6,394
1965	5,628
1966	5,340
1967	5,309
1968	5,143
1969	5,096
1970	5,314
1971	5,562
1972	5,385
1973	5,272
1974	5,440
1975	5,724							60
1976	5,696
1977	5,793
1978	5,641
1979	5,823
1980	5,602							63
1981	5,292			41	41	41			7.7		0.77
1982	5,912			36	36	36			6.1		0.61
1983	5,651			47	47	47			8.3		0.82
1984	5,571	0	0	48	48	48			8.6	0.0	0.85	0.00
1985	5,430	0	0	53	53	53		44	9.8	0.0	0.97	0.00
1986	5,245	0	0	52	52	52		43	9.9	0.0	0.98	0.00
1987	5,314	0	0			50		39		0.0		0.00
1988	5,533	0	0			50		50		0.0		0.00
1989	5,584	0	0			50		44		0.0		0.00
1990	5,368	0	0			50		32		0.0		0.00		0.79
1991	5,302	0	0	47	47	47		26	8.9	0.0	0.88	0.00		0.74
1992	5,474	0	0	51	51	51		28	9.3	0.0	0.92	0.00		0.80
1993	5,147	0	0	45	45	45		25	8.7	0.0	0.87	0.00		0.69
1994	4,826	0	0	43	43	43		33	8.9	0.0	0.88	0.00		0.66
1995	4,613	0	0	40	40	40		17	8.7	0.0	0.86	0.00		0.60
1996	4,944			61	61	61		29	12.3		1.22			0.92
1997	4,631	0	0	64	64	64		24	13.8	0.0	1.36	0.00		0.96
1998	4,488	0	0	59	59	59		18	13.1	0.0	1.30	0.00		0.89
1999	4,308	0	0	49	49	49		18	11.4	0.0	1.12	0.00		0.74
2000	4,255	0	0	67	67	67		16	15.7	0.0	1.55	0.00		1.00
2001	3,859	0	0	57	57	57		20	14.8	0.0	1.46	0.00		0.85
2002	3,805	0	0	69	69	69	13	20	18.1	0.0	1.78	0.00		1.03
2003	3,902	0	0	47	47	47	11	16	12.0	0.0	1.19	0.00		0.70
2004	3,882	0	0	67	67	67	8	15	17.3	0.0	1.70	0.00		0.99
2005	3,857	0	0	54	54	54	5	8	14.0	0.0	1.38	0.00		0.79
2006	3,880	0	0	55	55	55		10	14.2	0.0	1.40	0.00		0.80
2007	3,871	0	0	69	69	69		12	17.8	0.0	1.75	0.00		1.01
2008	4,126	0	0	38	38	38		29	9.2	0.0	0.91	0.00		0.55
2009	4,143	0	0	78	78	78		28	18.8	0.0	1.85	0.00		1.12
2010	3,999	0	0	51	51	51		16	12.8	0.0	1.26	0.00		0.73
2011	4,283	0	0	63	63	63		18	14.7	0.0	1.45	0.00		0.90
2012	4,231	0	0	59	59	59		10	13.9	0.0	1.38	0.00		0.84
2013	4,032	0	0	54	54	54		16	13.4	0.0	1.32	0.00		0.76
2014	4,191	0	0	54	54	54		26	12.9	0.0	1.27	0.00		0.76
2015	4,325	0	0	58	58	58		14	13.4	0.0	1.32	0.00		0.81
2016	4,476	0	0	58	58	58		16	13.0	0.0	1.28	0.00		0.81
2017	4,319	0	0	47	47	47		15	10.9	0.0	1.08	0.00		0.66
2018	4,444	0	0	53	53	53		16	11.9	0.0	1.18	0.00		0.74
2019	4,350	0	0	58	58	58		13	13.3	0.0	1.32	0.00		0.82
2020	4,414			20	20	20			4.5		0.45			0.28
2021	4,395			4	4	4			0.9		0.09			0.06
2022
year	live births	abortions, reported	abortions, residents, in country only	abortions, residents, obtained abroad	abortions, residents, total	abortions, residents (AWR)	miscarriages	fetal deaths	abortion ratio		abortion %		abortion rate, residents	abortion rate, residents (AWR)
year	live births	abortions, reported	abortions, residents, in country only	abortions, residents, obtained abroad	abortions, residents, total	abortions, residents (AWR)	miscarriages	fetal deaths	residents, in/out of country	all in country	residents, in/out of country	all in country	abortion rate, residents	abortion rate, residents (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:

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