Historical abortion statistics, Fukuoka (Japan)

Abortion statistics and other data--Johnston`s Archive

Historical abortion statistics, Fukuoka (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	46,076		3,369
1900	47,360		3,526
1901	48,609		4,175
1902	48,376		4,405
1903	48,694		4,485
1904	46,775		4,098
1905	44,596		3,879
1906	47,439		4,205
1907	52,117		4,869
1908	54,503		5,203
1909	54,052		5,300
1910	55,708		5,241
1911	56,330		5,115
1912	56,337		4,946
1913	54,583		4,624
1914	57,764		4,969
1915	58,817		4,772
1916	58,729		4,867
1917	58,440		4,977
1918	59,439		5,484
1919	61,120		5,116
1920	70,370		5,670
1921	70,341		5,526
1922	70,469		5,114
1923	73,726		5,014
1924	71,405		4,789
1925	74,958		4,545
1926	75,607		4,483
1927	73,708		4,490
1928	78,012		4,626
1929	76,955		4,498
1930	74,807		4,665
1931	79,887		4,969
1932	82,360		4,897
1933	79,060		4,620
1934	77,296		4,640
1935	83,422		4,845
1936	78,941		4,769
1937	85,722		4,971
1938	73,619		4,355
1939	77,801		4,601
1940	85,833		4,620
1941	95,411		4,549
1942	87,536		4,124
1943	87,192		3,761
1944
1945
1946
1947	108,237		5,011
1948	118,034		6,540
1949	123,952		9,275
1950	109,156		10,752
1951	101,587		10,950
1952	91,745		10,229
1953	87,818		10,321
1954	78,256		9,892
1955	76,427	63,083	9,947	825.4	45.22	62.3
1956	72,247		9,164
1957	66,648		9,686
1958	71,481		10,449
1959	70,152		10,396
1960	67,318	61,768	10,427	917.6	47.85	56.7
1961	64,615		9,825
1962	64,693		9,430
1963	64,260		9,150
1964	64,653		8,240
1965	68,854	44,960	7,949	653.0	39.50	39.1
1966	52,987		7,485
1967	72,713		7,367
1968	69,581		6,854
1969	70,211		6,218
1970	69,632	37,502	6,199	538.6	35.00	31.6
1971	71,960		5,710
1972	73,402		5,374
1973	75,097		4,845
1974	74,330		5,031
1975	71,059	32,163	4,793	452.6	31.16	26.7
1976	69,998		4,670
1977	68,090		4,621
1978	67,928		4,254
1979	67,190		4,074
1980	64,404	28,109	3,753	436.4	30.38	23.1
1981	62,929		3,892
1982	62,757		4,061
1983	61,958		3,781
1984	61,471		3,750
1985	58,837	27,445	3,588	466.5	31.81	22.4
1986	56,926		3,432
1987	53,464		3,286
1988	51,754		2,907
1989	49,835		2,659
1990	48,164	23,398	2,689	485.8	32.70	18.9
1991	48,822	23,480	2,535	480.9	32.47
1992	47,579	21,360	2,461	448.9	30.98
1993	46,769	19,985	2,279	427.3	29.94
1994	48,952	19,366	2,162	395.6	28.35
1995	46,849	18,439	1,935	393.6	28.24	14.8
1996	47,948	18,982	1,985	395.9	28.36
1997	47,539	19,124	1,897	402.3	28.69
1998	47,811	18,331	1,914	383.4	27.71
1999	46,682	18,899	1,899	404.8	28.82
2000	47,290	20,105	1,858	425.1	29.83	16.6
2001	46,985	20,095	1,856	427.7	29.96	16.8
2002	46,443	19,836	1,795	427.1	29.93	16.7
2003	45,035	18,748	1,716	416.3	29.39	15.9
2004	45,143	17,741	1,792	393.0	28.21	15.2
2005	43,421	16,747	1,605	385.7	27.83	14.5
2006	45,304	15,664	1,495	345.8	25.69	13.8
2007	46,393	14,870	1,451	320.5	24.27	13.1
2008	46,695	13,853	1,424	296.7	22.88	12.3
2009	46,084	13,128	1,342	284.9	22.17	11.8
2010	46,818	12,258	1,366	261.8	20.75	11.1
2011	46,220	11,553	1,314	250.0	20.00	10.4
2012	45,815	11,517	1,251	251.4	20.09	10.4
2013	45,897	10,619	1,195	231.4	18.79	9.7
2014	45,203	10,400	1,155	230.1	18.70	9.5
2015	45,236	10,312	1,164	228.0	18.56	9.6
2016	44,036	9,904	1,018	224.9	18.36	9.2
2017	43,440	9,742	1,073	224.3	18.32	9.1
2018	42,008	9,822	955	233.8	18.95	9.2
2019	39,754	8,963	911	225.5	18.40	8.5
2020	38,966	7,833	820	201.0	16.74	7.7
2021	37,540	6,883	799	183.4	15.49	6.6
2022	35,970	6,366	736	177.0	15.04	6.1
2023	33,942	6,815	787	200.8	16.72
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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