Historical abortion statistics, Aichi (Japan)

Abortion statistics and other data--Johnston`s Archive

Historical abortion statistics, Aichi (Japan)

compiled by Wm. Robert Johnston
last updated 22 May 2025

Definition of table data (see notes after table for additional information):

Abortions, all to residents include all abortions obtained by prefecture 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
1899	54,249		5,559
1900	54,394		5,162
1901	58,305		6,007
1902	57,668		5,945
1903	58,975		5,844
1904	56,208		5,631
1905	56,194		5,082
1906	54,699		5,559
1907	61,921		6,075
1908	63,176		6,229
1909	66,328		5,940
1910	67,415		5,910
1911	68,946		5,731
1912	68,076		5,186
1913	72,445		5,624
1914	71,869		5,151
1915	70,688		5,185
1916	69,878		4,924
1917	68,866		5,025
1918	65,282		5,042
1919	68,759		4,762
1920	77,301		5,225
1921	74,855		4,933
1922	74,374		4,713
1923	80,087		4,955
1924	78,598		4,646
1925	80,979		4,554
1926	83,588		4,514
1927	80,863		4,421
1928	85,570		4,683
1929	83,811		4,550
1930	83,762		4,550
1931	83,333		4,446
1932	89,095		4,565
1933	86,140		4,350
1934	85,909		4,579
1935	89,574		4,317
1936	87,859		4,350
1937	90,905		4,251
1938	80,507		4,118
1939	82,235		4,051
1940	93,519		4,395
1941	98,730		4,400
1942	100,428		4,093
1943	98,621		3,921
1944
1945
1946
1947	104,377		4,533
1948	110,406		5,534
1949	106,494		8,290
1950	87,860		9,123
1951	79,065		8,703
1952	73,732		8,249
1953	70,219		7,671
1954	66,084		7,669
1955	65,322	50,046	7,419	766.1	43.38	47.6
1956	66,165		7,163
1957	63,215		7,287
1958	70,220		7,881
1959	70,814		7,894
1960	73,237	43,211	7,449	590.0	37.11	35.0
1961	76,054		7,553
1962	81,866		8,665
1963	86,390		8,766
1964	91,898		8,515
1965	101,924	42,965	8,517	421.5	29.65	29.8
1966	73,223		7,762
1967	109,121		8,163
1968	109,631		7,818
1969	111,088		7,902
1970	116,271	46,290	7,739	398.1	28.48	29.5
1971	122,820		7,685
1972	124,351		7,172
1973	125,395		6,568
1974	120,763		6,059
1975	111,528	40,881	5,394	366.6	26.82	25.0
1976	106,355		5,301
1977	99,100		5,143
1978	97,052		4,607
1979	91,093		4,155
1980	87,697	32,135	3,996	366.4	26.82	19.6
1981	84,560		3,968
1982	82,001		4,024
1983	83,924		3,539
1984	83,304		3,599
1985	80,186	29,369	3,490	366.3	26.81	17.0
1986	77,258		3,243
1987	77,736		3,213
1988	75,280		2,979
1989	71,648		2,860
1990	70,942	24,280	2,860	342.3	25.50	13.7
1991	70,960	23,314	2,540	328.6	24.73
1992	71,680	22,497	2,568	313.9	23.89
1993	70,807	20,655	2,375	291.7	22.58
1994	74,180	19,483	2,151	262.6	20.80
1995	71,899	18,378	2,066	255.6	20.36	10.6
1996	73,377	17,486	2,102	238.3	19.24
1997	72,992	17,918	2,172	245.5	19.71
1998	75,206	17,289	2,106	229.9	18.69
1999	73,738	16,941	2,007	229.7	18.68
2000	74,736	17,015	2,107	227.7	18.54	10.3
2001	73,057	16,772	2,066	229.6	18.67	10.2
2002	71,823	15,560	2,037	216.6	17.81	9.4
2003	70,236	16,000	1,957	227.8	18.55	9.8
2004	70,417	15,113	1,852	214.6	17.67	9.2
2005	67,110	14,502	1,748	216.1	17.77	8.9
2006	69,999	14,131	1,700	201.9	16.80	8.6
2007	70,218	13,080	1,571	186.3	15.70	8.0
2008	71,029	12,129	1,615	170.8	14.59	7.4
2009	69,768	11,481	1,520	164.6	14.13	7.0
2010	69,872	10,592	1,402	151.6	13.16	6.5
2011	68,973	10,656	1,373	154.5	13.38	6.5
2012	67,913	10,276	1,434	151.3	13.14	6.3
2013	66,825	9,392	1,417	140.5	12.32	5.8
2014	65,219	9,168	1,359	140.6	12.32	5.7
2015	65,615	9,217	1,284	140.5	12.32	5.8
2016	64,231	8,530	1,183	132.8	11.72	5.3
2017	62,436	8,739	1,172	140.0	12.28	5.5
2018	61,230	8,698	1,165	142.1	12.44	5.5
2019	57,145	8,758	1,136	153.3	13.29	5.6
2020	55,613	8,202	1,012	147.5	12.85	5.4
2021	53,918	7,809	994	144.8	12.65	5.1
2022	51,152	7,963	885	155.7	13.47	5.3
2023	48,402	8,362	924	172.8	14.73
2024
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:

Abortion data may be significantly incomplete.

Sources:

Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, 2000, "Trends in vital statistics by prefecture over the past 100 years" (in Japanese), MHLW, on line [https://www.mhlw.go.jp/www1/toukei/kjd100_8/index.html#data]
Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, 2024, "Table 56: Number and rate of induced abortions by year (per 1,000 women aged 15-49) by prefecture" (in Japanese), Tottori Prefecture, on line [https://www.pref.tottori.lg.jp/secure/1350626/%25E4%25BB%25A4%25E5%2592%258C%25EF%25BC%2594%25EF%25BC%258856%25E8%25A1%25A8%25EF%25BC%2589%25E5%25B9%25B4%25E6%25AC%25A1%25E5%2588%25A5%25E4%25BA%25BA%25E5%25B7%25A5%25E5%25A6%258A%25E5%25A8%25A0%25E4%25B8%25AD%25E7%25B5%25B6%25E4%25BB%25B6%25E6%2595%25B0%25E3%2580%2581%25E7%258E%2587%25EF%25BC%258815%25EF%25BD%259E49%25E6%25AD%25B3%25E5%25A5%25B3%25E5%25AD%2590%25E4%25BA%25BA%25E5%258F%25A3%25E5%258D%2583%25E5%25AF%25BE%25EF%25BC%2589%25EF%25BC%2588%25E9%2583%25BD%25E9%2581%2593%25E5%25BA%259C%25E7%259C%258C%25E5%2588%25A5%25EF%25BC%2589.xls].
National Statistics Center, 2024, "Vital statistics of Japan, Volume 1: Natality Table 4.3 Trends in live births by each prefecture: Japan," e-Stat, on line [https://www.e-stat.go.jp/en/stat-search/].
National Statistics Center, 2025, "Vital statistics, stillbirths" (in Japanese), e-Stat, on line [https://www.e-stat.go.jp/dbview?sid=0003411801].
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© 2025 by Wm. Robert Johnston.
Last modified 22 May 2025.
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