Historical abortion statistics, Ehime (Japan)

Abortion statistics and other data--Johnston`s Archive

Historical abortion statistics, Ehime (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	29,879		1,212
1900	30,831		1,412
1901	31,906		1,760
1902	31,935		1,968
1903	31,919		1,878
1904	29,948		1,840
1905	29,174		1,766
1906	30,200		2,064
1907	33,879		2,276
1908	34,647		2,364
1909	34,835		2,316
1910	35,141		2,466
1911	35,052		2,421
1912	35,431		2,423
1913	35,416		2,457
1914	36,223		2,314
1915	35,528		2,245
1916	35,242		2,286
1917	35,765		2,248
1918	35,511		2,372
1919	33,857		2,058
1920	38,521		2,204
1921	37,846		2,081
1922	37,182		2,029
1923	39,931		2,064
1924	36,611		2,018
1925	38,560		1,976
1926	39,281		1,976
1927	37,534		1,883
1928	39,320		2,027
1929	38,523		1,842
1930	38,066		1,756
1931	38,304		1,851
1932	39,630		1,769
1933	38,291		1,755
1934	35,822		1,668
1935	38,367		1,676
1936	36,341		1,634
1937	39,000		1,573
1938	32,674		1,309
1939	33,367		1,285
1940	35,780		1,323
1941	38,679		1,394
1942	36,524		1,269
1943	34,899		1,205
1944
1945
1946
1947	52,775		2,271
1948	53,126		2,608
1949	52,670		3,360
1950	45,549		3,899
1951	41,337		3,881
1952	37,715		3,369
1953	33,571		3,250
1954	30,898		2,888
1955	30,584	21,254	3,112	694.9	41.00	55.4
1956	29,153		3,222
1957	26,502		2,838
1958	27,875		3,144
1959	26,710		2,969
1960	25,039	17,259	2,766	689.3	40.80	44.8
1961	23,712		2,684
1962	23,179		2,537
1963	23,131		2,491
1964	23,692		2,233
1965	24,424	7,229	2,157	296.0	22.84	18.2
1966	16,134		1,910
1967	24,228		1,892
1968	23,175		1,885
1969	22,747		1,717
1970	22,877	4,459	1,592	194.9	16.31	11.3
1971	23,832		1,551
1972	24,108		1,510
1973	24,648		1,373
1974	24,561		1,409
1975	23,315	5,299	1,349	227.3	18.52	13.6
1976	22,705		1,307
1977	21,515		1,291
1978	21,213		1,141
1979	20,221		1,077
1980	19,721	5,148	1,036	261.0	20.70	13.5
1981	19,236		964
1982	18,821		1,114
1983	18,611		968
1984	18,354		929
1985	17,644	5,859	923	332.1	24.93	15.9
1986	17,226		929
1987	16,346		814
1988	15,942		769
1989	15,183		714
1990	14,612	5,347	703	365.9	26.79	14.6
1991	14,446	5,346	649	370.1	27.01
1992	14,387	5,054	648	351.3	26.00
1993	14,003	4,919	551	351.3	26.00
1994	14,195	4,810	514	338.9	25.31
1995	13,849	4,381	471	316.3	24.03	12.7
1996	13,739	4,027	460	293.1	22.67	11.4
1997	13,710	4,010	445	292.5	22.63	11.5
1998	13,606	4,092	429	300.7	23.12	12.0
1999	13,046	4,077	429	312.5	23.81	12.2
2000	13,207	4,125	430	312.3	23.80	12.8
2001	13,006	4,188	414	322.0	24.36	13.0
2002	12,488	4,060	385	325.1	24.53	12.8
2003	12,534	4,011	397	320.0	24.24	12.8
2004	12,057	3,967	394	329.0	24.76	12.8
2005	11,528	3,632	393	315.1	23.96	11.9
2006	11,752	3,504	356	298.2	22.97	11.8
2007	11,753	3,272	384	278.4	21.78	11.2
2008	11,561	2,979	341	257.7	20.49	10.3
2009	11,507	2,791	390	242.5	19.52	9.8
2010	11,427	2,481	341	217.1	17.84	9.0
2011	11,329	2,394	340	211.3	17.45	8.7
2012	11,130	2,222	292	199.6	16.64	8.2
2013	10,696	2,127	308	198.9	16.59	8.0
2014	10,399	2,124	316	204.3	16.96	8.1
2015	10,146	2,081	246	205.1	17.02	8.2
2016	9,911	1,934	245	195.1	16.33	7.6
2017	9,569	1,831	249	191.3	16.06	7.4
2018	9,330	1,522	211	163.1	14.03	6.2
2019	8,446	1,614	202	191.1	16.04	6.8
2020	8,102	1,401	193	172.9	14.74	6.1
2021	8,011	1,243	177	155.2	13.43	5.4
2022	7,572	1,139	175	150.4	13.08	5.1
2023	6,950	1,118	133	160.9	13.86
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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