Historical abortion statistics, Hamburg (Germany)

Abortion statistics and other data--Johnston's Archive

Historical abortion statistics, Hamburg (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
1973
1974
1975
1976	13,601	1,106		81.3	7.52
1977	12,987	4,224		325.2	24.54
1978	12,616	5,234		414.9	29.32
1979	12,722	5,788		455.0	31.27
1980	13,580	5,547		408.5	29.00
1981	13,494	5,355		396.8	28.41
1982	13,262	5,529		416.9	29.42
1983	12,818	5,069		395.5	28.34
1984	12,407	5,680		457.8	31.40
1985	12,711	5,920		465.7	31.77
1986	13,404	5,671		423.1	29.73
1987	14,259	6,722		471.4	32.04
1988	15,359	6,268		408.1	28.98
1989	15,335	5,488		357.9	26.36
1990	16,693	5,697	61	341.3	25.44
1991	16,503	4,771	47	289.1	22.43
1992	16,497	4,628	47	280.5	21.91
1993	16,257	4,127	57	253.9	20.25
1994	16,201	3,518	79	217.1	17.84
1995	15,872	3,466	68	218.4	17.92
1996	16,594	3,877	73	233.6	18.94
1997	16,970	3,657	88	215.5	17.73
1998	16,235	3,983	67	245.3	19.70
1999	16,034	3,861	69	240.8	19.41
2000	16,159	4,238	78	262.3	20.78
2001	15,786	4,486	77	284.2	22.13
2002	15,707	4,256	36	271.0	21.32
2003	15,916	4,141	55	260.2	20.65
2004	16,103	4,269	40	265.1	20.96
2005	16,179	3,824	42	236.4	19.12
2006	16,089	3,849	54	239.2	19.30
2007	16,727	4,011	55	239.8	19.34
2008	16,751	3,882	62	231.7	18.81
2009	16,779	3,838	71	228.7	18.62
2010	17,377	4,300	48	247.5	19.84
2011	17,125	3,969	50	231.8	18.82
2012	17,706	3,867	59	218.4	17.93
2013	18,137	3,638	63	200.6	16.71
2014	19,039	3,318	79	174.3	14.84
2015	19,768	2,939	71	148.7	12.94
2016	21,480	3,090	80	143.9	12.58
2017	21,133	3,302	72	156.2	13.51
2018	21,126	3,372	68	159.6	13.76
2019	20,940	3,573	85	170.6	14.58
2020	20,431	3,347	64	163.8	14.08
2021	21,018	3,954	77	188.1	15.83
2022	19,054	4,334	89	227.5	18.53
2023	18,264	3,519	75	192.7	16.15	7.71
2024	17,553	4,160	78	237.0	19.16
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 [].
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