Historical abortion statistics, Fukui (Japan)

Abortion statistics and other data--Johnston`s Archive

Historical abortion statistics, Fukui (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	19,307		1,500
1900	20,287		1,624
1901	20,724		1,669
1902	21,623		1,900
1903	21,025		1,814
1904	20,670		1,869
1905	19,594		1,639
1906	20,249		1,827
1907	22,209		1,854
1908	22,430		1,840
1909	22,749		1,836
1910	23,247		1,773
1911	23,297		1,742
1912	23,238		1,626
1913	22,562		1,574
1914	23,312		1,600
1915	23,780		1,697
1916	21,903		1,474
1917	21,760		1,556
1918	20,857		1,575
1919	20,886		1,420
1920	24,243		1,602
1921	23,323		1,464
1922	21,799		1,416
1923	21,814		1,406
1924	22,001		1,371
1925	21,781		1,233
1926	22,052		1,167
1927	20,870		1,132
1928	21,553		1,162
1929	20,784		1,095
1930	20,580		1,074
1931	21,056		1,083
1932	21,093		1,074
1933	21,132		1,015
1934	19,246		1,157
1935	20,550		1,102
1936	20,606		1,073
1937	20,399		947
1938	16,982		787
1939	16,338		792
1940	18,045		840
1941	19,389		860
1942	20,376		845
1943	20,291		791
1944
1945
1946
1947	25,445		1,078
1948	26,088		1,307
1949	24,792		1,641
1950	21,209		1,826
1951	19,046		1,779
1952	17,708		1,586
1953	15,829		1,401
1954	14,622		1,364
1955	14,828	8,133	1,289	548.5	35.42	42.0
1956	13,825		1,264
1957	12,745		1,200
1958	13,926		1,227
1959	13,327		1,273
1960	12,888	5,626	1,194	436.5	30.39	28.2
1961	12,314		1,275
1962	12,209		1,217
1963	12,421		1,236
1964	12,439		1,145
1965	12,736	4,991	1,014	391.9	28.15	24.2
1966	8,284		898
1967	13,065		1,005
1968	12,255		915
1969	11,834		795
1970	12,181	3,864	829	317.2	24.08	19.0
1971	12,543		781
1972	13,182		752
1973	13,593		687
1974	12,948		564
1975	12,421	3,755	543	302.3	23.21	18.8
1976	12,235		589
1977	11,583		540
1978	11,319		563
1979	10,887		466
1980	10,724	3,171	432	295.7	22.82	16.2
1981	10,006		434
1982	10,199		469
1983	10,200		410
1984	10,417		411
1985	10,044	2,880	428	286.7	22.28	14.9
1986	9,635		443
1987	9,634		461
1988	9,208		396
1989	9,015		357
1990	8,668	2,405	313	277.5	21.72	12.4
1991	8,518	1,822	325	213.9	17.62
1992	8,288	2,307	327	278.4	21.77
1993	8,279	2,258	278	272.7	21.43
1994	8,679	2,081	262	239.8	19.34
1995	8,244	2,044	249	247.9	19.87	10.7
1996	8,330	2,157	221	258.9	20.57
1997	8,132	2,299	240	282.7	22.04
1998	8,269	2,221	236	268.6	21.17
1999	8,053	2,117	266	262.9	20.82
2000	8,036	2,223	226	276.6	21.67	12.8
2001	7,958	2,187	209	274.8	21.56	12.4
2002	7,758	2,044	224	263.5	20.85	11.7
2003	7,446	1,817	189	244.0	19.62	10.5
2004	7,283	1,720	204	236.2	19.10	10.1
2005	7,148	1,601	191	224.0	18.30	9.5
2006	7,324	1,587	181	216.7	17.81	9.6
2007	7,191	1,476	178	205.3	17.03	8.9
2008	7,139	1,428	180	200.0	16.67	8.8
2009	7,042	1,317	165	187.0	15.76	8.2
2010	6,874	1,198	159	174.3	14.84	7.7
2011	6,728	1,118	177	166.2	14.25	7.2
2012	6,712	1,079	169	160.8	13.85	7.1
2013	6,461	1,034	149	160.0	13.80	6.8
2014	6,166	991	161	160.7	13.85	6.7
2015	6,230	944	147	151.5	13.16	6.4
2016	6,114	1,016	146	166.2	14.25	6.9
2017	5,856	951	107	162.4	13.97	6.5
2018	5,826	901	128	154.7	13.39	6.3
2019	5,307	813	120	153.2	13.28	5.8
2020	5,313	762	93	143.4	12.54	5.5
2021	5,223	704	103	134.8	11.88	5.2
2022	4,861	603	90	124.0	11.04	4.6
2023	4,563	599	103	131.3	11.60
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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