Historical abortion statistics, Hesse (Germany)

Abortion statistics and other data--Johnston's Archive

Historical abortion statistics, Hesse (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		1,516
1977		8,559
1978		12,732
1979		15,300
1980	54,535	16,791		307.9	23.54
1981		16,858
1982		15,972
1983		16,991
1984	49,844	19,420		389.6	28.04
1985		19,900
1986	52,587	20,275		385.6	27.83
1987	54,814	20,472		373.5	27.19
1988	57,643	22,315		387.1	27.91
1989	58,803	19,510		331.8	24.91
1990	62,026	22,368	212	360.6	26.50
1991	61,324	17,944	202	292.6	22.64
1992	61,146	16,108	205	263.4	20.85
1993	61,610	14,728	177	239.1	19.29
1994	60,565	10,336	236	170.7	14.58
1995	59,858	9,638	255	161.0	13.87
1996	62,391	10,391	278	166.5	14.28
1997	63,124	10,078	272	159.7	13.77
1998	60,567	10,062	226	166.1	14.25
1999	58,996	9,711	240	164.6	14.13
2000	58,817	10,796	228	183.6	15.51
2001	56,228	10,683	251	190.0	15.97
2002	55,324	10,573	222	191.1	16.04
2003	54,400	11,130	218	204.6	16.98
2004	54,332	10,773	208	198.3	16.55
2005	53,369	10,613	201	198.9	16.59
2006	51,404	9,586	187	186.5	15.72
2007	52,616	9,334	182	177.4	15.07
2008	51,752	9,288	167	179.5	15.22
2009	50,744	8,731	209	172.1	14.68
2010	51,742	8,676	215	167.7	14.36
2011	51,479	8,533	179	165.8	14.22
2012	51,607	8,745	198	169.5	14.49
2013	52,185	8,224	207	157.6	13.61
2014	54,631	8,173	207	149.6	13.01
2015	56,889	8,087	219	142.2	12.45
2016	60,731	7,984	239	131.5	11.62
2017	60,988	8,321	249	136.4	12.01
2018	61,012	8,374	239	137.3	12.07
2019	60,062	8,122	221	135.2	11.91
2020	59,389	7,974	231	134.3	11.84
2021	61,546	8,150	257	132.4	11.69
2022	57,360	9,233	271	161.0	13.86
2023	53,685	9,685	274	180.4	15.28	7.27
2024	53,089	9,090	249	171.2	14.62
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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