Historical abortion statistics, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania (Germany)

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Historical abortion statistics, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania (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		14,024
1973		14,078
1974		13,086
1975		11,744
1976		11,285
1977		11,105
1978		11,250
1979		11,822
1980		12,750
1981		12,698
1982		12,800
1983		12,571
1984		12,516
1985		12,262
1986		11,588
1987		11,007
1988		10,791
1989		9,772
1990	23,503	8,573	109	364.8	26.73
1991	13,635	6,996	61	513.1	33.91
1992	10,875	6,436	50	591.8	37.18
1993	9,432	3,968	38	420.7	29.61
1994	8,934	3,161	40	353.8	26.13
1995	9,878	2,742	65	277.6	21.73
1996	11,088	4,118	52	371.4	27.08
1997	12,046	3,675	62	305.1	23.38
1998	12,246	3,646	62	297.7	22.94
1999	12,589	3,465	66	275.2	21.58
2000	13,319	3,818	74	286.7	22.28
2001	12,968	3,760	75	289.9	22.48
2002	12,504	3,642	41	291.3	22.56
2003	12,782	3,490	56	273.0	21.45
2004	13,045	3,358	52	257.4	20.47
2005	12,357	3,460	50	280.0	21.88
2006	12,638	3,192	51	252.6	20.16
2007	12,786	3,094	65	242.0	19.48
2008	13,098	3,111	58	237.5	19.19
2009	13,014	3,134	53	240.8	19.41
2010	13,337	3,124	64	234.2	18.98
2011	12,638	2,991	56	236.7	19.14
2012	12,715	2,970	57	233.6	18.94
2013	12,560	2,831	66	225.4	18.39
2014	12,830	2,633	52	205.2	17.03
2015	13,298	2,614	50	196.6	16.43
2016	13,442	2,774	67	206.4	17.11
2017	13,081	2,463	61	188.3	15.85
2018	13,032	2,395	60	183.8	15.52
2019	12,630	2,309	74	182.8	15.46
2020	12,061	2,313	58	191.8	16.09
2021	11,845	2,046	73	172.7	14.73
2022	10,820	2,244	61	207.4	17.18
2023	9,671	2,276	50	235.3	19.05	7.87
2024	9,157	2,185	44	238.6	19.26
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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