Estonia abortion percentages by county, 1996-2008

Estonia abortion percentages by county, 1996-2021

compiled by Wm. Robert Johnston
last updated 17 October 2022

Abortion ratios by county, 1996-2021

county 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 county

Harju 1,618 1,644 1,557 1,363 1,099 1,056 943 883 745 676 605 536 489 468 422 437 422 410 355 336 302 284 269 277 258 244 Harju

(Tallinn) 1,712 1,701 1,604 1,399 1,135 1,128 1,004 924 735 666 608 542 502 496 451 444 430 424 364 339 311 292 289 297 274 255 (Tallinn)

(remaining Harju) 1,328 1,466 1,416 1,260 989 854 780 760 778 711 595 516 455 400 356 418 403 374 329 328 278 263 223 232 222 221 (remaining Harju)

Hiiu 560 567 714 786 610 352 527 546 443 232 354 250 333 333 188 163 276 260 208 286 224 275 175 152 286 138 Hiiu

Ida-Viru 1,886 2,014 1,828 1,615 1,342 1,183 1,084 1,041 984 888 879 787 765 698 657 655 567 554 524 427 401 369 311 340 313 351 Ida-Viru

Järva 688 738 868 803 651 604 566 546 500 454 444 461 394 338 281 395 373 480 380 289 389 224 274 180 223 195 Järva

Jõgeva 1,007 1,029 1,067 847 765 666 652 801 572 643 636 695 542 541 521 481 457 490 421 329 303 306 292 196 229 224 Jõgeva

Lääne 899 920 950 863 837 822 620 629 616 692 659 571 390 431 388 372 553 455 446 349 280 290 283 232 318 315 Lääne

Lääne-Viru 881 935 986 827 691 703 672 722 785 775 574 552 575 477 440 462 415 431 497 365 348 349 252 291 309 327 Lääne-Viru

Pärnu 1,238 1,075 1,089 996 761 809 674 693 671 638 625 609 546 462 472 493 428 469 395 393 338 308 281 249 302 261 Pärnu

Põlva 975 1,153 1,038 934 996 811 797 659 657 635 635 612 521 414 441 409 424 527 396 408 313 195 243 202 273 164 Põlva

Rapla 760 780 852 863 774 674 589 858 499 469 619 413 400 417 367 351 427 322 326 357 323 267 268 286 256 202 Rapla

Saare 872 772 912 656 581 538 534 416 375 395 357 312 314 235 267 215 208 217 278 235 215 161 144 161 160 197 Saare

Tartu 1,252 1,327 1,237 1,140 973 962 773 763 681 667 711 587 556 461 449 441 428 390 352 347 294 287 245 232 219 217 Tartu

Valga 888 994 895 905 679 625 746 652 581 516 530 516 526 494 647 463 414 457 392 371 399 315 250 289 290 295 Valga

Viljandi 750 905 961 833 689 625 660 641 562 567 541 442 511 418 421 491 373 456 353 366 393 308 248 292 279 282 Viljandi

Võru 792 913 891 980 792 749 711 845 803 587 531 561 581 540 467 543 438 504 447 416 342 252 267 295 314 275 Võru

ESTONIA TOTAL 1,275 1,321 1,298 1,167 975 922 833 815 720 670 630 563 525 478 447 454 431 427 380 352 318 290 264 265 262 249 ESTONIA TOTAL

Abortion percentages by county, 1996-2021

county 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 county

Harju 61.8 62.2 60.9 57.7 52.4 51.4 48.5 46.9 42.7 40.3 37.7 34.9 32.9 31.9 29.7 30.4 29.7 29.1 26.2 25.1 23.2 22.1 21.2 21.7 20.5 19.6 Harju

(Tallinn) 63.1 63.0 61.6 58.3 53.2 53.0 50.1 48.0 42.4 40.0 37.8 35.2 33.4 33.1 31.1 30.7 30.1 29.8 26.7 25.3 23.7 22.6 22.4 22.9 21.5 20.3 (Tallinn)

(remaining Harju) 57.0 59.5 58.6 55.7 49.7 46.1 43.8 43.2 43.8 41.5 37.3 34.0 31.2 28.6 26.2 29.5 28.7 27.2 24.8 24.7 21.8 20.8 18.2 18.8 18.1 18.1 (remaining Harju)

Hiiu 35.9 36.2 41.7 44.0 37.9 26.1 34.5 35.3 30.7 18.8 26.1 20.0 25.0 25.0 15.8 14.0 21.6 20.6 17.2 22.2 18.3 21.6 14.9 13.2 22.2 12.1 Hiiu

Ida-Viru 65.3 66.8 64.6 61.8 57.3 54.2 52.0 51.0 49.6 47.0 46.8 44.0 43.3 41.1 39.7 39.6 36.2 35.6 34.4 29.9 28.6 26.9 23.7 25.4 23.8 26.0 Ida-Viru

Järva 40.8 42.5 46.5 44.5 39.4 37.7 36.1 35.3 33.3 31.2 30.7 31.5 28.3 25.3 21.9 28.3 27.2 32.4 27.5 22.4 28.0 18.3 21.5 15.3 18.3 16.3 Järva

Jõgeva 50.2 50.7 51.6 45.9 43.4 40.0 39.5 44.5 36.4 39.1 38.9 41.0 35.2 35.1 34.2 32.5 31.4 32.9 29.6 24.7 23.2 23.4 22.6 16.4 18.7 18.3 Jõgeva

Lääne 47.3 47.9 48.7 46.3 45.6 45.1 38.3 38.6 38.1 40.9 39.7 36.3 28.1 30.1 28.0 27.1 35.6 31.3 30.8 25.9 21.9 22.5 22.0 18.9 24.1 24.0 Lääne

Lääne-Viru 46.8 48.3 49.6 45.3 40.9 41.3 40.2 41.9 44.0 43.7 36.5 35.6 36.5 32.3 30.6 31.6 29.3 30.1 33.2 26.8 25.8 25.9 20.1 22.6 23.6 24.7 Lääne-Viru

Pärnu 55.3 51.8 52.1 49.9 43.2 44.7 40.3 40.9 40.2 39.0 38.5 37.9 35.3 31.6 32.1 33.0 30.0 31.9 28.3 28.2 25.3 23.5 21.9 20.0 23.2 20.7 Pärnu

Põlva 49.4 53.6 50.9 48.3 49.9 44.8 44.3 39.7 39.7 38.9 38.8 38.0 34.3 29.3 30.6 29.0 29.8 34.5 28.4 29.0 23.8 16.3 19.6 16.8 21.4 14.1 Põlva

Rapla 43.2 43.8 46.0 46.3 43.6 40.3 37.1 46.2 33.3 31.9 38.2 29.2 28.6 29.4 26.9 26.0 29.9 24.3 24.6 26.3 24.4 21.1 21.2 22.2 20.4 16.8 Rapla

Saare 46.6 43.6 47.7 39.6 36.7 35.0 34.8 29.4 27.3 28.3 26.3 23.8 23.9 19.0 21.1 17.7 17.2 17.8 21.8 19.0 17.7 13.9 12.6 13.8 13.8 16.4 Saare

Tartu 55.6 57.0 55.3 53.3 49.3 49.0 43.6 43.3 40.5 40.0 41.5 37.0 35.7 31.5 31.0 30.6 30.0 28.1 26.0 25.8 22.7 22.3 19.7 18.9 17.9 17.8 Tartu

Valga 47.0 49.8 47.2 47.5 40.4 38.5 42.7 39.5 36.8 34.0 34.7 34.0 34.5 33.1 39.3 31.7 29.3 31.4 28.1 27.0 28.5 24.0 20.0 22.4 22.5 22.8 Valga

Viljandi 42.9 47.5 49.0 45.4 40.8 38.5 39.7 39.1 36.0 36.2 35.1 30.6 33.8 29.5 29.6 32.9 27.2 31.3 26.1 26.8 28.2 23.6 19.9 22.6 21.8 22.0 Viljandi

Võru 44.2 47.7 47.1 49.5 44.2 42.8 41.5 45.8 44.5 37.0 34.7 35.9 36.8 35.1 31.8 35.2 30.5 33.5 30.9 29.4 25.5 20.1 21.1 22.8 23.9 21.6 Võru

ESTONIA TOTAL 56.0 56.9 56.5 53.9 49.4 48.0 45.5 44.9 41.9 40.1 38.7 36.0 34.4 32.4 30.9 31.2 30.1 29.9 27.6 26.0 24.2 22.5 20.9 21.0 20.7 19.9 ESTONIA TOTAL

Abortion rank by county, 1996-2021

county 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 county

Harju 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 4 4 8 9 10 6 9 9 9 11 10 11 11 9 6 7 10 8 Harju

Hiiu 15 15 15 14 14 15 15 13 14 15 15 15 14 14 15 15 14 14 15 14 14 10 14 15 7 15 Hiiu

Ida-Viru 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 1 Ida-Viru

Järva 14 14 13 13 13 13 13 14 12 13 13 11 12 13 13 11 13 5 9 13 4 13 5 13 13 13 Järva

Jõgeva 5 6 5 10 8 10 10 5 10 6 4 2 6 2 3 5 3 4 5 12 10 6 2 12 12 9 Jõgeva

Lääne 7 9 9 8 5 4 11 12 8 3 3 6 13 9 11 12 2 9 4 9 13 7 3 10 1 3 Lääne

Lääne-Viru 9 8 7 12 10 8 8 7 3 2 9 8 3 5 8 7 10 10 2 7 5 2 9 4 4 2 Lääne-Viru

Pärnu 4 5 4 4 9 6 7 8 6 7 6 4 5 7 4 3 6 6 7 4 7 5 4 8 5 7 Pärnu

Põlva 6 4 6 6 3 5 3 9 7 8 5 3 8 12 7 10 8 2 6 3 9 14 13 11 9 14 Põlva

Rapla 12 12 14 8 7 9 12 3 13 12 7 13 11 11 12 13 7 13 13 8 8 11 7 6 11 11 Rapla

Saare 10 13 10 15 15 14 14 15 15 14 14 14 15 15 14 14 15 15 14 15 15 15 15 14 15 12 Saare

Tartu 3 3 3 3 4 3 4 6 5 5 2 5 4 8 6 8 5 12 12 10 12 8 12 9 14 10 Tartu

Valga 8 7 11 7 12 11 5 10 9 11 12 10 7 4 2 6 11 7 8 5 2 3 10 5 6 4 Valga

Viljandi 13 11 8 11 11 12 9 11 11 10 10 12 9 10 10 4 12 8 11 6 3 4 11 3 8 5 Viljandi

Võru 11 10 12 5 6 7 6 4 2 9 11 7 2 3 5 2 4 3 3 2 6 12 8 2 2 6 Võru

Sources (incomplete):

National Institute for Health Development, 2010, "Abordid tervishoiuasutuse jargi, 1996-2008," National Institute for Health Development, on line [http://www.tai.ee/?id=2369].
Statistics Estonia, 2010, "PO11: Live births by county," Statistics Estonia, on line [http://pub.stat.ee/px-web.2001/I_Databas/Population/03Vital_events/04Births/04Births.asp].
Statistics Estonia, 2010, "PO178: Abortions by number of previous live births and county," Statistics Estonia, on line [http://pub.stat.ee/px-web.2001/I_Databas/Population/03Vital_events/02Abortions/02Abortions.asp].

© 2007=2010, 2022 by Wm. Robert Johnston.
Last modified 17 October 2022.
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county	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	county
Harju	1,618	1,644	1,557	1,363	1,099	1,056	943	883	745	676	605	536	489	468	422	437	422	410	355	336	302	284	269	277	258	244	Harju
(Tallinn)	1,712	1,701	1,604	1,399	1,135	1,128	1,004	924	735	666	608	542	502	496	451	444	430	424	364	339	311	292	289	297	274	255	(Tallinn)
(remaining Harju)	1,328	1,466	1,416	1,260	989	854	780	760	778	711	595	516	455	400	356	418	403	374	329	328	278	263	223	232	222	221	(remaining Harju)
Hiiu	560	567	714	786	610	352	527	546	443	232	354	250	333	333	188	163	276	260	208	286	224	275	175	152	286	138	Hiiu
Ida-Viru	1,886	2,014	1,828	1,615	1,342	1,183	1,084	1,041	984	888	879	787	765	698	657	655	567	554	524	427	401	369	311	340	313	351	Ida-Viru
Järva	688	738	868	803	651	604	566	546	500	454	444	461	394	338	281	395	373	480	380	289	389	224	274	180	223	195	Järva
Jõgeva	1,007	1,029	1,067	847	765	666	652	801	572	643	636	695	542	541	521	481	457	490	421	329	303	306	292	196	229	224	Jõgeva
Lääne	899	920	950	863	837	822	620	629	616	692	659	571	390	431	388	372	553	455	446	349	280	290	283	232	318	315	Lääne
Lääne-Viru	881	935	986	827	691	703	672	722	785	775	574	552	575	477	440	462	415	431	497	365	348	349	252	291	309	327	Lääne-Viru
Pärnu	1,238	1,075	1,089	996	761	809	674	693	671	638	625	609	546	462	472	493	428	469	395	393	338	308	281	249	302	261	Pärnu
Põlva	975	1,153	1,038	934	996	811	797	659	657	635	635	612	521	414	441	409	424	527	396	408	313	195	243	202	273	164	Põlva
Rapla	760	780	852	863	774	674	589	858	499	469	619	413	400	417	367	351	427	322	326	357	323	267	268	286	256	202	Rapla
Saare	872	772	912	656	581	538	534	416	375	395	357	312	314	235	267	215	208	217	278	235	215	161	144	161	160	197	Saare
Tartu	1,252	1,327	1,237	1,140	973	962	773	763	681	667	711	587	556	461	449	441	428	390	352	347	294	287	245	232	219	217	Tartu
Valga	888	994	895	905	679	625	746	652	581	516	530	516	526	494	647	463	414	457	392	371	399	315	250	289	290	295	Valga
Viljandi	750	905	961	833	689	625	660	641	562	567	541	442	511	418	421	491	373	456	353	366	393	308	248	292	279	282	Viljandi
Võru	792	913	891	980	792	749	711	845	803	587	531	561	581	540	467	543	438	504	447	416	342	252	267	295	314	275	Võru
ESTONIA TOTAL	1,275	1,321	1,298	1,167	975	922	833	815	720	670	630	563	525	478	447	454	431	427	380	352	318	290	264	265	262	249	ESTONIA TOTAL

county	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	county
Harju	61.8	62.2	60.9	57.7	52.4	51.4	48.5	46.9	42.7	40.3	37.7	34.9	32.9	31.9	29.7	30.4	29.7	29.1	26.2	25.1	23.2	22.1	21.2	21.7	20.5	19.6	Harju
(Tallinn)	63.1	63.0	61.6	58.3	53.2	53.0	50.1	48.0	42.4	40.0	37.8	35.2	33.4	33.1	31.1	30.7	30.1	29.8	26.7	25.3	23.7	22.6	22.4	22.9	21.5	20.3	(Tallinn)
(remaining Harju)	57.0	59.5	58.6	55.7	49.7	46.1	43.8	43.2	43.8	41.5	37.3	34.0	31.2	28.6	26.2	29.5	28.7	27.2	24.8	24.7	21.8	20.8	18.2	18.8	18.1	18.1	(remaining Harju)
Hiiu	35.9	36.2	41.7	44.0	37.9	26.1	34.5	35.3	30.7	18.8	26.1	20.0	25.0	25.0	15.8	14.0	21.6	20.6	17.2	22.2	18.3	21.6	14.9	13.2	22.2	12.1	Hiiu
Ida-Viru	65.3	66.8	64.6	61.8	57.3	54.2	52.0	51.0	49.6	47.0	46.8	44.0	43.3	41.1	39.7	39.6	36.2	35.6	34.4	29.9	28.6	26.9	23.7	25.4	23.8	26.0	Ida-Viru
Järva	40.8	42.5	46.5	44.5	39.4	37.7	36.1	35.3	33.3	31.2	30.7	31.5	28.3	25.3	21.9	28.3	27.2	32.4	27.5	22.4	28.0	18.3	21.5	15.3	18.3	16.3	Järva
Jõgeva	50.2	50.7	51.6	45.9	43.4	40.0	39.5	44.5	36.4	39.1	38.9	41.0	35.2	35.1	34.2	32.5	31.4	32.9	29.6	24.7	23.2	23.4	22.6	16.4	18.7	18.3	Jõgeva
Lääne	47.3	47.9	48.7	46.3	45.6	45.1	38.3	38.6	38.1	40.9	39.7	36.3	28.1	30.1	28.0	27.1	35.6	31.3	30.8	25.9	21.9	22.5	22.0	18.9	24.1	24.0	Lääne
Lääne-Viru	46.8	48.3	49.6	45.3	40.9	41.3	40.2	41.9	44.0	43.7	36.5	35.6	36.5	32.3	30.6	31.6	29.3	30.1	33.2	26.8	25.8	25.9	20.1	22.6	23.6	24.7	Lääne-Viru
Pärnu	55.3	51.8	52.1	49.9	43.2	44.7	40.3	40.9	40.2	39.0	38.5	37.9	35.3	31.6	32.1	33.0	30.0	31.9	28.3	28.2	25.3	23.5	21.9	20.0	23.2	20.7	Pärnu
Põlva	49.4	53.6	50.9	48.3	49.9	44.8	44.3	39.7	39.7	38.9	38.8	38.0	34.3	29.3	30.6	29.0	29.8	34.5	28.4	29.0	23.8	16.3	19.6	16.8	21.4	14.1	Põlva
Rapla	43.2	43.8	46.0	46.3	43.6	40.3	37.1	46.2	33.3	31.9	38.2	29.2	28.6	29.4	26.9	26.0	29.9	24.3	24.6	26.3	24.4	21.1	21.2	22.2	20.4	16.8	Rapla
Saare	46.6	43.6	47.7	39.6	36.7	35.0	34.8	29.4	27.3	28.3	26.3	23.8	23.9	19.0	21.1	17.7	17.2	17.8	21.8	19.0	17.7	13.9	12.6	13.8	13.8	16.4	Saare
Tartu	55.6	57.0	55.3	53.3	49.3	49.0	43.6	43.3	40.5	40.0	41.5	37.0	35.7	31.5	31.0	30.6	30.0	28.1	26.0	25.8	22.7	22.3	19.7	18.9	17.9	17.8	Tartu
Valga	47.0	49.8	47.2	47.5	40.4	38.5	42.7	39.5	36.8	34.0	34.7	34.0	34.5	33.1	39.3	31.7	29.3	31.4	28.1	27.0	28.5	24.0	20.0	22.4	22.5	22.8	Valga
Viljandi	42.9	47.5	49.0	45.4	40.8	38.5	39.7	39.1	36.0	36.2	35.1	30.6	33.8	29.5	29.6	32.9	27.2	31.3	26.1	26.8	28.2	23.6	19.9	22.6	21.8	22.0	Viljandi
Võru	44.2	47.7	47.1	49.5	44.2	42.8	41.5	45.8	44.5	37.0	34.7	35.9	36.8	35.1	31.8	35.2	30.5	33.5	30.9	29.4	25.5	20.1	21.1	22.8	23.9	21.6	Võru
ESTONIA TOTAL	56.0	56.9	56.5	53.9	49.4	48.0	45.5	44.9	41.9	40.1	38.7	36.0	34.4	32.4	30.9	31.2	30.1	29.9	27.6	26.0	24.2	22.5	20.9	21.0	20.7	19.9	ESTONIA TOTAL