Historical abortion statistics, Chiba (Japan)

Abortion statistics and other data--Johnston`s Archive

Historical abortion statistics, Chiba (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	42,121		7,194
1900	39,991		6,742
1901	41,735		7,306
1902	40,955		6,864
1903	39,787		6,560
1904	38,965		6,264
1905	41,684		6,003
1906	34,088		6,098
1907	42,707		6,113
1908	43,812		6,208
1909	44,227		5,947
1910	43,045		5,912
1911	43,952		5,746
1912	43,681		5,232
1913	45,905		5,148
1914	47,382		5,025
1915	46,638		4,813
1916	45,505		4,504
1917	46,158		4,561
1918	43,699		4,221
1919	45,961		4,015
1920	48,520		4,195
1921	49,208		4,032
1922	45,742		3,642
1923	49,403		3,817
1924	47,384		3,559
1925	50,544		3,415
1926	50,893		3,551
1927	48,710		3,087
1928	50,497		3,182
1929	48,097		3,053
1930	47,721		3,129
1931	51,206		3,027
1932	49,430		3,128
1933	49,171		2,849
1934	47,241		2,747
1935	50,917		2,819
1936	49,272		2,673
1937	50,830		2,612
1938	43,178		2,269
1939	43,532		2,079
1940	46,394		2,018
1941	49,675		2,133
1942	49,375		1,915
1943	50,557		1,957
1944
1945
1946
1947	73,955		3,165
1948	66,822		3,487
1949	67,565		4,141
1950	57,451		4,360
1951	53,236		4,116
1952	49,855		3,894
1953	45,943		3,834
1954	43,431		3,978
1955	43,764	11,656	3,890	266.3	21.03	20.8
1956	39,654		3,848
1957	38,328		3,847
1958	39,610		3,793
1959	39,441		3,832
1960	39,563	11,875	3,693	300.2	23.09	19.6
1961	39,595		3,758
1962	41,669		3,688
1963	45,538		3,868
1964	49,255		3,779
1965	54,170	10,769	3,857	198.8	16.58	14.4
1966	39,301		3,517
1967	62,650		3,692
1968	62,432		3,456
1969	66,468		3,608
1970	72,481	12,289	3,894	169.5	14.50	13.1
1971	77,314		3,734
1972	80,450		3,622
1973	82,960		3,654
1974	82,080		3,474
1975	77,416	15,636	3,385	202.0	16.80	13.9
1976	75,601		3,456
1977	72,704		3,164
1978	72,037		2,912
1979	70,499		2,855
1980	65,554	16,367	2,617	249.7	19.98	13.0
1981	66,753		2,678
1982	65,492		2,729
1983	64,288		2,490
1984	63,570		2,594
1985	60,719	15,992	2,408	263.4	20.85	11.6
1986	57,783		2,327
1987	57,256		2,474
1988	56,462		2,179
1989	54,086		2,040
1990	53,356	14,098	1,993	264.2	20.90	9.5
1991	54,187	13,432	1,964	247.9	19.86
1992	53,128	12,983	1,924	244.4	19.64
1993	53,352	11,904	1,800	223.1	18.24
1994	56,667	11,609	1,705	204.9	17.00
1995	54,388	11,487	1,541	211.2	17.44	7.7
1996	55,415	11,294	1,667	203.8	16.93
1997	54,574	10,742	1,619	196.8	16.45
1998	54,961	10,910	1,623	198.5	16.56
1999	54,005	11,522	1,683	213.4	17.58
2000	55,318	11,145	1,648	201.5	16.77	8.0
2001	54,511	10,808	1,643	198.3	16.55	7.7
2002	54,607	10,025	1,635	183.6	15.51	7.2
2003	52,789	9,597	1,613	181.8	15.38	7.0
2004	52,983	9,305	1,492	175.6	14.94	6.8
2005	50,588	9,094	1,487	179.8	15.24	6.7
2006	51,762	8,918	1,338	172.3	14.70	6.6
2007	51,821	8,500	1,307	164.0	14.09	6.3
2008	52,306	6,857	1,312	131.1	11.59	5.1
2009	51,839	7,210	1,217	139.1	12.21	5.4
2010	51,633	7,067	1,238	136.9	12.04	5.3
2011	50,379	6,547	1,135	130.0	11.50	4.9
2012	48,881	6,146	1,153	125.7	11.17	4.7
2013	48,343	5,856	1,130	121.1	10.80	4.5
2014	46,753	6,096	1,143	130.4	11.53	4.7
2015	47,019	5,879	1,102	125.0	11.11	4.6
2016	45,389	5,747	1,001	126.6	11.24	4.4
2017	44,055	6,051	997	137.4	12.08	4.7
2018	43,404	5,928	955	136.6	12.02	4.7
2019	40,799	5,797	929	142.1	12.44	4.6
2020	40,168	5,356	833	133.3	11.77	4.3
2021	38,426	4,291	744	111.7	10.05	3.4
2022	36,966	3,813	753	103.1	9.35	3.1
2023	35,658	3,966	776	111.2	10.01
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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