Historical abortion statistics, Rhineland-Palatinate (Germany)

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Historical abortion statistics, Rhineland-Palatinate (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	34,544	111		3.2	0.32
1977	34,129	587		17.2	1.69
1978	34,346	1,008		29.3	2.85
1979	34,805	1,232		35.4	3.42
1980	37,253	1,301		34.9	3.37
1981	37,402	1,243		33.2	3.22
1982	37,132	1,812		48.8	4.65
1983	35,422	1,790		50.5	4.81
1984	35,504	2,105		59.3	5.60
1985	34,899	1,759		50.4	4.80
1986	37,181	1,706		45.9	4.39
1987	37,778	1,836		48.6	4.63
1988	39,850	1,238		31.1	3.01
1989	39,650	1,170		29.5	2.87
1990	42,732	1,472	139	34.4	3.33
1991	42,311	1,286	137	30.4	2.95
1992	42,722	1,383	151	32.4	3.14
1993	42,291	1,947	140	46.0	4.40
1994	40,539	2,203	191	54.3	5.15
1995	39,684	2,131	196	53.7	5.10
1996	40,926	4,350	171	106.3	9.61
1997	41,677	4,706	150	112.9	10.15
1998	39,639	4,716	174	119.0	10.63
1999	38,190	4,586	171	120.1	10.72
2000	37,826	4,773	154	126.2	11.20
2001	35,781	4,768	127	133.3	11.76
2002	34,741	4,632	120	133.3	11.76
2003	34,083	4,458	138	130.8	11.57
2004	33,421	4,647	149	139.0	12.21
2005	32,592	4,525	107	138.8	12.19
2006	31,755	4,541	121	143.0	12.51
2007	32,536	4,444	104	136.6	12.02
2008	32,223	4,471	107	138.8	12.18
2009	30,881	4,533	129	146.8	12.80
2010	31,574	4,280	115	135.6	11.94
2011	31,081	3,920	95	126.1	11.20
2012	31,169	3,933	115	126.2	11.20
2013	31,989	4,011	106	125.4	11.14
2014	33,427	3,816	140	114.2	10.25
2015	34,946	3,984	103	114.0	10.23
2016	37,518	3,801	128	101.3	9.20
2017	37,443	3,759	126	100.4	9.12
2018	37,647	3,726	145	99.0	9.01
2019	37,173	3,592	167	96.6	8.81
2020	37,632	3,213	154	85.4	7.87
2021	38,647	2,635	178	68.2	6.38
2022	36,731	2,962	157	80.6	7.46
2023	34,493	3,324	146	96.4	8.79	4.07
2024	33,606	3,270	124	97.3	8.87
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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