Historical abortion statistics, Saxony-Anhalt (Germany)

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Historical abortion statistics, Saxony-Anhalt (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		7,889
1973		22,252
1974		19,125
1975		16,488
1976		15,185
1977		14,260
1978		14,277
1979		15,413
1980		16,565
1981		17,217
1982		17,014
1983		16,609
1984		16,029
1985		15,890
1986		15,217
1987		14,612
1988		14,261
1989		12,885
1990	31,837	11,811	108	371.0	27.06
1991	19,459	9,909	86	509.2	33.74
1992	16,284	9,189	70	564.3	36.07
1993	14,610	7,255	49	496.6	33.18
1994	14,280	5,746	84	402.4	28.69
1995	14,568	5,261	76	361.1	26.53
1996	16,152	6,080	100	376.4	27.35
1997	17,194	5,822	75	338.6	25.30
1998	17,513	5,748	85	328.2	24.71
1999	18,176	5,619	87	309.1	23.61
2000	18,723	5,370	76	286.8	22.29
2001	18,073	5,554	75	307.3	23.51
2002	17,617	5,127	71	291.0	22.54
2003	16,889	4,725	87	279.8	21.86
2004	17,337	4,935	77	284.7	22.16
2005	17,166	4,777	66	278.3	21.77
2006	16,927	4,510	57	266.4	21.04
2007	17,387	4,389	83	252.4	20.16
2008	17,697	4,338	66	245.1	19.69
2009	17,144	4,217	69	246.0	19.74
2010	17,300	4,078	63	235.7	19.08
2011	16,837	4,066	69	241.5	19.45
2012	16,888	3,891	63	230.4	18.73
2013	16,797	3,633	66	216.3	17.78
2014	17,064	3,474	68	203.6	16.91
2015	17,415	3,566	64	204.8	17.00
2016	18,092	3,399	54	187.9	15.82
2017	17,837	3,310	81	185.6	15.65
2018	17,410	3,304	87	189.8	15.95
2019	16,618	3,346	99	201.3	16.76
2020	16,113	3,276	73	203.3	16.90
2021	16,024	3,022	72	188.6	15.87
2022	14,506	3,082	64	212.5	17.52
2023	13,550	3,106	49	229.2	18.65	8.33
2024	12,526	3,100	61	247.5	19.84
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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