Historical abortion statistics, Brandenburg (Germany)

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Historical abortion statistics, Brandenburg (Germany)

compiled by Wm. Robert Johnston
last updated 11 October 2025

Definition of table data (see notes after table for additional information):

Abortions, all to residents include all abortions obtained by lander residents.
Fetal deaths includes stillbirths.
Abortion ratio is abortions per 1000 live births.
Abortion % is abortions as percentage of pregnancies (excluding fetal deaths/miscarriages).
Abortion rate is abortions per 1000 women ages 15-49.

year	live births	abortions	fetal deaths	abortion ratio	abortion %	abortion rate
year	live births	all to residents	fetal deaths	all to residents	all to residents	all to residents
1972		10,564
1973		18,019
1974		15,166
1975		14,159
1976		13,381
1977		12,949
1978		12,420
1979		13,223
1980		14,504
1981		14,857
1982		15,093
1983		14,865
1984		14,169
1985		14,034
1986		13,185
1987		13,294
1988		12,553
1989		11,007
1990	29,238	10,917	124	373.4	27.19
1991	17,215	8,828	66	512.8	33.90
1992	13,469	7,143	63	530.3	34.65
1993	12,238	5,562	48	454.5	31.25
1994	12,443	5,056	62	406.3	28.89
1995	13,494	4,928	66	365.2	26.75
1996	15,140	5,654	79	373.4	27.19
1997	16,370	5,401	77	329.9	24.81
1998	17,146	5,557	96	324.1	24.48
1999	17,928	5,532	94	308.6	23.58
2000	18,444	5,072	72	275.0	21.57
2001	17,692	4,963	78	280.5	21.91
2002	17,704	4,549	79	256.9	20.44
2003	17,970	4,483	95	249.5	19.97
2004	18,148	4,580	80	252.4	20.15
2005	17,910	4,356	81	243.2	19.56
2006	17,883	4,185	103	234.0	18.96
2007	18,589	4,113	55	221.3	18.12
2008	18,808	4,066	77	216.2	17.78
2009	18,537	3,988	88	215.1	17.70
2010	18,954	3,859	89	203.6	16.92
2011	18,279	3,742	80	204.7	16.99
2012	18,482	3,497	93	189.2	15.91
2013	18,355	3,464	88	188.7	15.88
2014	19,339	3,170	88	163.9	14.08
2015	19,112	3,283	81	171.8	14.66
2016	20,934	3,343	97	159.7	13.77
2017	20,337	3,287	100	161.6	13.91
2018	19,881	3,416	82	171.8	14.66
2019	19,329	3,352	83	173.4	14.78
2020	18,998	3,366	87	177.2	15.05
2021	19,029	3,091	85	162.4	13.97
2022	17,439	3,066	59	175.8	14.95
2023	15,885	3,168	90	199.4	16.63	6.91
2024	15,154	3,110	64	205.2	17.03
year	live births	abortions	fetal deaths	abortion ratio	abortion %	abortion rate
year	live births	all to residents	fetal deaths	all to residents	all to residents	all to residents

Notes:

Sources:

Arbeitskreis Lebensrecht, 26 March 2009, "Statistik der Schwangerschaftsabbrüche 1996 – 2008," Arbeitskreis Lebensrecht, on line [http://www.ak-lebensrecht.de/info/stat_tab.html].
Federal Health Monitoring System, August 2013, "Live births with low birth weight," Gesundheitsberichterstattung des Bundes, on line [http://www.gbe-bund.de/oowa921-install/servlet/oowa/aw92/dboowasys921.xwdevkit/xwd_init?gbe.isgbetol/xs_start_neu/&p_aid=3&p_aid=46893278&nummer=854&p_sprache=E&p_indsp=-&p_aid=91054487].
Federal Statistical Office, 9 March 2005, "Abortions in Germany, 1999 to 2004, by the land of the place of residence and ratio per 1,000 births," DeStatis, on line [http://www.destatis.de/basis/e/gesu/gesutab18.htm].
Federal Statistical Office, 2009, "Abortions: years from 2002 to 2008, by place of residence of the women and quota every 1,000 births," DeStatis, on line [http://www.destatis.de/jetspeed/portal/cms/Sites/destatis/Internet/EN/Content/Statistics/Gesundheit/Abortions/Tabellen/Content75/StateOfResidence,templateId=renderPrint.psml].
Federal Statistical Office, 2013, "Abortions," DeStatis, on line [https://www.destatis.de/EN/FactsFigures/SocietyState/Health/Abortions/Tables/StateOfResidence.html;jsessionid=D0FF256B3B067B8A38AC6E9333A725DE.cae4].
Statistisches Bundesamt, Aug. 1997 (on line 12 March 2007), "Gesundheitswesen: Schwangerschaftsabbrüche," Destatis, on line [].
Statistisches Bundesamt, 2025, "Totgeborene: Bundeslander, Jahre," Destatis, on line [https://www-genesis.destatis.de/datenbank/online/statistic/12612/table/12612-0106/table-toolbar].
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