Historical abortion statistics, Lower Saxony (Germany)

Abortion statistics and other data--Johnston's Archive

Historical abortion statistics, Lower Saxony (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		2,421
1977		7,581
1978		8,507
1979		8,911
1980	71,752	8,722		121.6	10.84
1981		8,673
1982		8,507
1983		7,520
1984	66,803	6,811		102.0	9.25
1985	67,229	5,147		76.6	7.11
1986	71,226	4,272		60.0	5.66
1987	73,037	4,410		60.4	5.69
1988	76,036	3,818		50.2	4.78
1989	76,696	3,397		44.3	4.24
1990	82,452	3,237	269	39.3	3.78
1991	83,122	3,219	268	38.7	3.73
1992	83,669	4,062	234	48.5	4.63
1993	84,579	5,132	223	60.7	5.72
1994	81,520	5,033	286	61.7	5.81
1995	80,994	4,751	300	58.7	5.54
1996	83,655	10,047	356	120.1	10.72
1997	85,907	9,651	332	112.3	10.10
1998	82,207	10,089	315	122.7	10.93
1999	80,483	10,281	334	127.7	11.33
2000	79,436	10,933	332	137.6	12.10
2001	75,239	10,854	310	144.3	12.61
2002	73,193	10,599	291	144.8	12.65
2003	70,563	10,439	283	147.9	12.89
2004	70,371	10,745	260	152.7	13.25
2005	66,993	10,642	236	158.9	13.71
2006	65,327	10,547	226	161.4	13.90
2007	65,326	9,997	224	153.0	13.27
2008	64,887	9,734	217	150.0	13.04
2009	62,228	9,134	203	146.8	12.80
2010	63,130	9,089	216	144.0	12.59
2011	61,280	8,887	233	145.0	12.67
2012	61,478	8,558	208	139.2	12.22
2013	62,879	8,166	227	129.9	11.49
2014	66,406	7,895	227	118.9	10.63
2015	67,183	7,727	337	115.0	10.32
2016	75,215	7,830	238	104.1	9.43
2017	73,020	8,308	251	113.8	10.22
2018	73,652	8,301	270	112.7	10.13
2019	73,286	8,220	306	112.2	10.09
2020	74,119	8,627	314	116.4	10.43
2021	76,441	7,190	301	94.1	8.60
2022	71,289	7,604	308	106.7	9.64
2023	67,162	7,581	286	112.9	10.14	4.72
2024	65,646	7,585	267	115.5	10.36
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].
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Federal Statistical Office, 2013, "Abortions," DeStatis, on line [https://www.destatis.de/EN/FactsFigures/SocietyState/Health/Abortions/Tables/StateOfResidence.html;jsessionid=D0FF256B3B067B8A38AC6E9333A725DE.cae4].
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