Historical abortion statistics, Akita (Japan)

Abortion statistics and other data--Johnston`s Archive

Historical abortion statistics, Akita (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	26,645		2,964
1900	26,706		2,909
1901	29,399		3,338
1902	29,938		3,363
1903	29,487		3,491
1904	27,257		3,222
1905	27,939		3,400
1906	26,393		3,581
1907	30,955		3,631
1908	31,538		3,890
1909	32,415		3,954
1910	32,103		3,716
1911	33,462		3,850
1912	32,872		3,507
1913	31,813		3,666
1914	32,835		3,359
1915	34,692		3,496
1916	36,046		3,294
1917	34,598		3,068
1918	35,284		3,402
1919	33,892		2,977
1920	39,762		3,333
1921	38,676		3,170
1922	37,272		3,050
1923	39,367		3,162
1924	39,435		2,840
1925	39,754		2,811
1926	39,547		2,831
1927	40,866		2,646
1928	40,844		2,530
1929	38,190		2,387
1930	41,753		2,476
1931	40,277		2,336
1932	41,745		2,479
1933	40,185		2,326
1934	39,401		2,285
1935	41,722		2,374
1936	40,737		2,111
1937	39,669		2,116
1938	37,470		1,875
1939	33,787		1,814
1940	36,128		1,821
1941	36,794		1,782
1942	38,201		1,583
1943	36,761		1,544
1944
1945
1946
1947	47,838		2,239
1948	43,747		2,546
1949	47,460		3,339
1950	42,659		3,632
1951	37,355		3,596
1952	36,867		3,428
1953	34,000		3,105
1954	32,119		3,025
1955	30,401	18,955	2,960	623.5	38.40	54.7
1956	27,787		2,943
1957	26,447		2,934
1958	25,919		2,748
1959	24,650		2,865
1960	23,553	20,547	2,738	872.4	46.59	58.3
1961	22,118		2,504
1962	21,380		2,333
1963	20,838		2,345
1964	20,307		2,178
1965	19,872	17,301	2,040	870.6	46.54	48.9
1966	14,395		1,839
1967	19,911		1,709
1968	18,542		1,582
1969	18,056		1,607
1970	17,754	12,823	1,495	722.3	41.94	36.3
1971	17,469		1,326
1972	17,830		1,288
1973	17,992		1,169
1974	17,803		1,190
1975	17,499	10,896	1,057	622.7	38.37	32.3
1976	17,800		1,003
1977	17,161		910
1978	17,176		825
1979	16,902		819
1980	16,324	9,828	764	602.1	37.58	30.5
1981	15,357		821
1982	15,215		779
1983	14,942		745
1984	14,929		695
1985	13,663	9,814	636	718.3	41.80	33.2
1986	13,223		664
1987	12,799		622
1988	12,087		570
1989	11,647		521
1990	10,992	6,915	508	629.1	38.62	24.8
1991	10,743	6,589	502	613.3	38.02
1992	10,715	5,949	471	555.2	35.70
1993	10,346	5,438	486	525.6	34.45
1994	10,742	4,924	410	458.4	31.43
1995	9,995	4,699	410	470.1	31.98	17.7
1996	9,744	4,346	361	446.0	30.84
1997	9,656	3,993	367	413.5	29.25
1998	9,367	3,945	340	421.2	29.63
1999	9,168	4,164	325	454.2	31.23
2000	9,007	4,035	304	448.0	30.94	16.7
2001	8,874	3,926	314	442.4	30.67	16.3
2002	8,456	3,644	334	430.9	30.12	15.5
2003	8,062	3,367	282	417.6	29.46	14.6
2004	7,998	3,028	310	378.6	27.46	13.3
2005	7,697	2,712	247	352.3	26.05	12.2
2006	7,726	2,587	262	334.8	25.08	12.2
2007	7,502	2,220	199	295.9	22.83	10.6
2008	7,421	1,999	209	269.4	21.22	9.8
2009	7,013	1,964	190	280.1	21.88	9.9
2010	6,688	1,749	181	261.5	20.73	9.2
2011	6,658	1,563	192	234.8	19.01	8.4
2012	6,543	1,499	171	229.1	18.64	8.3
2013	6,177	1,395	149	225.8	18.42	7.9
2014	5,998	1,321	165	220.2	18.05	7.6
2015	5,861	1,231	130	210.0	17.36	7.3
2016	5,666	1,083	133	191.1	16.05	6.5
2017	5,396	1,001	108	185.5	15.65	6.2
2018	5,040	926	115	183.7	15.52	5.9
2019	4,696	887	117	188.9	15.89	5.8
2020	4,499	813	98	180.7	15.30	5.5
2021	4,335	695	100	160.3	13.82	4.8
2022	3,992	640	80	160.3	13.82	4.5
2023	3,611	583	90	161.5	13.90
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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