Historical abortion statistics, Thuringia (Germany)

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Historical abortion statistics, Thuringia (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		11,806
1973		15,996
1974		14,604
1975		12,774
1976		11,783
1977		11,780
1978		11,936
1979		12,324
1980		13,556
1981		13,811
1982		14,522
1983		13,890
1984		13,788
1985		13,015
1986		12,677
1987		12,533
1988		11,986
1989		11,399
1990	28,780	11,118	129	386.3	27.87
1991	17,470	9,354	61	535.4	34.87
1992	14,615	8,415	67	575.8	36.54
1993	13,307	5,832	44	438.3	30.47
1994	12,721	4,957	56	389.7	28.04
1995	13,788	4,386	71	318.1	24.13
1996	15,265	5,210	65	341.3	25.45
1997	16,475	5,205	71	315.9	24.01
1998	16,607	5,139	72	309.4	23.63
1999	16,926	5,054	77	298.6	22.99
2000	17,577	5,061	82	287.9	22.36
2001	17,351	4,881	63	281.3	21.95
2002	17,007	4,633	84	272.4	21.41
2003	16,911	4,289	67	253.6	20.23
2004	17,310	4,553	56	263.0	20.83
2005	16,713	4,218	62	252.4	20.15
2006	16,402	4,206	62	256.4	20.41
2007	17,176	3,966	48	230.9	18.76
2008	17,332	3,655	59	210.9	17.42
2009	16,854	3,777	62	224.1	18.31
2010	17,527	3,737	59	213.2	17.57
2011	17,073	3,636	49	213.0	17.56
2012	17,342	3,446	54	198.7	16.58
2013	17,426	3,379	81	193.9	16.24
2014	17,887	3,417	62	191.0	16.04
2015	17,934	3,200	49	178.4	15.14
2016	18,475	3,166	58	171.4	14.63
2017	18,132	2,984	59	164.6	14.13
2018	17,437	3,070	67	176.1	14.97
2019	16,647	2,935	57	176.3	14.99
2020	15,991	2,997	73	187.4	15.78
2021	15,377	2,846	75	185.1	15.62
2022	14,131	3,075	70	217.6	17.87
2023	12,952	3,150	67	243.2	19.56	8.53
2024	11,803	3,060	54	259.3	20.59
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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