Historical abortion statistics, Singapore

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Historical abortion statistics, Singapore

compiled by Wm. Robert Johnston
last updated 26 November 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	abortions, occurrences by non-residents	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, occurrences by non-residents	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	44,450
1949	46,169
1950	46,371
1951	48,116
1952	51,196
1953	54,548
1954	57,029
1955	57,812
1956	60,892
1957	62,685
1958	63,572
1959	63,720
1960	63,305
1961	61,612
1962	60,843
1963	61,514
1964	60,396
1965	57,938
1966	57,037	4,108	4,108	(4,108)		4,108			72.0	72.0	6.72	6.72
1967	52,992	3,327	3,327	(3,327)		3,327			62.8	62.8	5.91	5.91
1968	49,225	2,922	2,922	(2,922)		2,922			59.4	59.4	5.60	5.60
1969	46,537	2,929	2,929	(2,929)		2,929			62.9	62.9	5.92	5.92
1970	45,934	5,300	5,300	(5,300)		5,300			115.4	115.4	10.34	10.34	4.2
1971	47,088	5,816	5,816	(5,816)		5,816			123.5	123.5	10.99	10.99	7.2
1972	49,678	5,735	5,735	(5,735)		5,735			115.4	115.4	10.35	10.35	7.7
1973	48,269	6,502	6,502	(6,502)		6,502			134.7	134.7	11.87	11.87	10.4
1974	43,268	7,175	7,175	(7,175)		7,175			165.8	165.8	14.22	14.22	13.6
1975	39,948	12,873	12,873	(12,873)		12,873			322.2	322.2	24.37	24.37	23.5
1976	42,783	15,496	15,496	(15,496)		15,496			362.2	362.2	26.59	26.59	27.5
1977	38,364	16,443	16,443	(16,443)		16,443			428.6	428.6	30.00	30.00	28.3
1978	39,441	17,246	17,246	(17,246)		17,246			437.3	437.3	30.42	30.42	28.9
1979	40,779	16,999	16,999	(16,999)		16,999			416.9	416.9	29.42	29.42	27.7
1980	41,217	18,219	18,219	(18,219)		18,219			442.0	442.0	30.65	30.65	28.4
1981	42,250	18,890	18,890	(18,890)		18,890			447.1	447.1	30.90	30.90	28.8
1982	42,654	19,110	19,110	(19,110)		19,110			448.0	448.0	30.94	30.94	28.6
1983	40,585	19,100	19,100	(19,100)		19,100			470.6	470.6	32.00	32.00	28.1
1984	41,556	22,190	22,190	(22,190)		22,190			534.0	534.0	34.81	34.81	32.2
1985	42,484	23,512	23,512	(23,512)		23,512			553.4	553.4	35.63	35.63
1986	38,379	23,035	23,035	(23,035)		23,035			600.2	600.2	37.51	37.51	32.9
1987	43,616	21,226	21,226	(21,226)		21,226		206	486.7	486.7	32.73	32.73
1988	52,957	20,135	20,135	(20,135)		20,135		203	380.2	380.2	27.55	27.55	28.0
1989	47,669	20,619	20,619	(20,619)		20,619		208	432.5	432.5	30.19	30.19
1990	51,142	18,669	18,669	(18,669)		18,669		206	365.0	365.0	26.74	26.74	22.5	24.32
1991	49,114	17,798	17,798	(17,798)		17,798		198	362.4	362.4	26.60	26.60	21.0	22.50
1992	49,402	17,073	17,073	(17,073)		17,073			345.6	345.6	25.68	25.68	20.0	20.95
1993	50,225	16,476	16,476	(16,476)		16,476			328.0	328.0	24.70	24.70	19.2	19.68
1994	49,554	15,690	15,690	(15,690)		15,690			316.6	316.6	24.05	24.05	18.2	18.26
1995	48,635	14,504	14,504	(14,504)		14,504		140	298.2	298.2	22.97	22.97	16.4	16.46
1996	48,577	14,365	14,365	(14,365)		14,365		150	295.7	295.7	22.82	22.82	16.0	15.94
1997	47,333	13,827	13,827	(13,827)		13,827		139	292.1	292.1	22.61	22.61		15.03
1998	43,664	13,838	13,838	(13,838)		13,838		133	316.9	316.9	24.07	24.07		14.75
1999	43,336	13,753	13,753	(13,753)		13,753		125	317.4	317.4	24.09	24.09		14.40
2000	46,997	13,754	13,754	(13,754)		13,754		143	292.7	292.7	22.64	22.64		14.14
2001	41,451	13,140	13,140	(13,140)		13,140		107	317.0	317.0	24.07	24.07		13.24
2002	40,760	12,749	12,749	(12,749)		12,749		114	312.8	312.8	23.83	23.83		12.56
2003	37,485	12,272	12,272	10,621		10,621	1,651	95	283.3	327.4	22.08	24.66	15.0	11.81
2004	37,174	12,070	12,070	10,296		10,296	1,774	115	277.0	324.7	21.69	24.51		11.37
2005	37,492	11,482	11,482	9,413	5	9,418	2,069	102	251.2	306.3	20.08	23.45		10.64
2006	38,317	12,032	12,032	10,151		10,151	1,881	99	264.9	314.0	20.94	23.90		10.99
2007	39,490	11,933	11,933	9,843		9,843	2,090	90	249.3	302.2	19.95	23.21		10.77
2008	39,826	12,222	12,222	9,694		9,694	2,528	86	243.4	306.9	19.58	23.48		10.91
2009	39,570	12,318	12,318	9,526		9,526	2,792	79	240.7	311.3	19.40	23.74		10.91
2010	37,967	12,082	12,082	9,315		9,315	2,767	99	245.3	318.2	19.70	24.14		10.67
2011	39,654	11,940	11,940	8,916		8,916	3,024	106	224.8	301.1	18.36	23.14		10.51
2012	42,663	10,624	10,624	7,813		7,813	2,811	111	183.1	249.0	15.48	19.94		9.35
2013	39,720	9,282	9,282	(6,870)	4	6,874	(2,370)	80	173.1	233.7	14.75	18.94		8.20
2014	42,232	8,515	8,515					86		201.6		16.78		7.56
2015	42,185	7,946	7,946					90		188.4		15.85		7.07
2016	41,251	7,237	7,237					89		175.4		14.93		6.45
2017	39,615	6,834	6,834					99		172.5		14.71		6.11
2018	39,039	6,413	6,413		3			89		164.3		14.11		5.76
2019	39,279	6,067	6,067					73		154.5		13.38		5.48
2020	38,590	6,648	6,648	4,029		4,029	2,619	78	104.4	172.3	9.45	14.70		6.04
2021	38,672	7,056	7,056					78		182.5		15.43		6.48
2022	35,605		(7,100)					110						(6.6)
year	live births	abortions, reported	abortions (AWR)	abortions, residents, in country only	abortions, residents, obtained abroad	abortions, residents, total	abortions, occurrences by non-residents	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, occurrences by non-residents	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:

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