Historical abortion statistics, Saxony (Germany)

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Historical abortion statistics, 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		13,292
1973		33,575
1974		29,890
1975		26,415
1976		24,877
1977		23,718
1978		23,265
1979		25,304
1980		26,595
1981		27,677
1982		27,879
1983		27,337
1984		27,329
1985		26,137
1986		24,349
1987		22,792
1988		23,183
1989		21,352
1990	49,672	18,843	192	379.3	27.50
1991	31,278	14,719	97	470.6	32.00
1992	25,298	12,570	74	496.9	33.19
1993	23,423	9,559	79	408.1	28.98
1994	22,734	7,287	98	320.5	24.27
1995	24,004	6,822	118	284.2	22.13
1996	27,006	8,464	136	313.4	23.86
1997	29,008	7,507	125	258.8	20.56
1998	30,190	7,420	136	245.8	19.73
1999	31,383	6,875	138	219.1	17.97
2000	33,139	6,584	102	198.7	16.57
2001	31,943	7,509	104	235.1	19.03
2002	31,518	6,853	98	217.4	17.86
2003	32,079	6,580	113	205.1	17.02
2004	33,044	6,642	127	201.0	16.74
2005	32,581	6,624	102	203.3	16.90
2006	32,556	6,490	115	199.3	16.62
2007	33,858	6,353	111	187.6	15.80
2008	34,411	6,199	123	180.1	15.26
2009	34,093	6,027	113	176.8	15.02
2010	35,091	5,884	150	167.7	14.36
2011	34,423	5,903	132	171.5	14.64
2012	34,686	5,594	111	161.3	13.89
2013	34,800	5,506	134	158.2	13.66
2014	35,935	5,420	159	150.8	13.11
2015	36,466	5,083	124	139.4	12.23
2016	37,940	5,368	120	141.5	12.39
2017	36,833	5,580	146	151.5	13.16
2018	35,890	5,250	156	146.3	12.76
2019	34,491	5,160	158	149.6	13.01
2020	33,383	5,084	141	152.3	13.22
2021	32,548	5,208	145	160.0	13.79
2022	29,331	5,760	112	196.4	16.41
2023	26,194	5,897	109	225.1	18.38	7.84
2024	24,697	5,570	109	225.5	18.40
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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