Historical abortion statistics, Fukushima (Japan)

Abortion statistics and other data--Johnston`s Archive

Historical abortion statistics, Fukushima (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	36,174		4,503
1900	35,249		4,479
1901	38,894		5,341
1902	38,129		5,196
1903	36,217		5,018
1904	34,826		4,994
1905	37,054		5,113
1906	32,766		5,000
1907	39,218		5,322
1908	41,138		5,154
1909	42,232		5,213
1910	41,550		5,065
1911	43,702		4,939
1912	41,986		4,651
1913	42,778		4,568
1914	44,850		4,525
1915	45,488		4,396
1916	45,712		4,488
1917	46,000		4,332
1918	45,887		4,441
1919	46,491		4,241
1920	54,268		4,538
1921	52,089		4,107
1922	50,398		3,987
1923	54,062		4,202
1924	52,633		3,800
1925	54,679		3,700
1926	56,281		3,700
1927	54,490		3,487
1928	55,256		3,383
1929	54,433		3,475
1930	55,117		3,447
1931	53,739		3,279
1932	57,226		3,363
1933	54,202		2,986
1934	53,686		3,193
1935	56,059		3,166
1936	53,045		3,063
1937	56,596		3,118
1938	51,421		2,853
1939	48,270		2,564
1940	54,290		2,531
1941	52,886		2,334
1942	51,892		2,161
1943	53,834		2,127
1944
1945
1946
1947	71,232		3,376
1948	71,170		3,685
1949	73,051		5,314
1950	67,562		5,923
1951	60,737		5,868
1952	59,463		5,639
1953	53,593		5,358
1954	51,137		5,314
1955	48,949	25,187	5,007	514.6	33.97	47.9
1956	47,276		4,880
1957	42,995		4,557
1958	44,052		4,642
1959	41,670		4,535
1960	39,239	23,641	4,292	602.5	37.60	45.4
1961	37,091		4,056
1962	35,566		3,797
1963	34,064		3,603
1964	32,989		3,443
1965	32,807	23,544	3,154	717.7	41.78	45.3
1966	24,601		2,846
1967	32,778		2,664
1968	30,360		2,413
1969	29,958		2,284
1970	29,952	18,042	2,348	602.4	37.59	34.1
1971	30,694		2,275
1972	31,432		2,241
1973	32,440		2,105
1974	32,884		1,887
1975	31,287	16,108	1,778	514.8	33.99	31.2
1976	31,581		1,757
1977	31,226		1,772
1978	30,104		1,625
1979	30,418		1,514
1980	29,504	16,326	1,547	553.3	35.62	32.6
1981	28,343		1,453
1982	28,527		1,510
1983	28,557		1,405
1984	28,511		1,465
1985	27,305	13,557	1,369	496.5	33.18	28.2
1986	26,621		1,279
1987	25,308		1,242
1988	24,958		1,163
1989	23,174		1,136
1990	22,721	11,538	1,043	507.8	33.68	23.7
1991	22,861	10,797	976	472.3	32.08
1992	22,394	10,364	961	462.8	31.64
1993	21,686	9,252	905	426.6	29.90
1994	22,181	9,220	827	415.7	29.36
1995	21,306	8,449	752	396.6	28.40	17.5
1996	21,425	8,173	782	381.5	27.61
1997	20,646	8,428	799	408.2	28.99
1998	20,743	8,016	745	386.4	27.87
1999	20,497	8,150	757	397.6	28.45
2000	20,332	7,980	782	392.5	28.19	17.3
2001	20,008	8,238	707	411.7	29.17	18.1
2002	19,466	7,781	756	399.7	28.56	17.3
2003	18,824	7,159	665	380.3	27.55	16.2
2004	18,306	6,906	617	377.3	27.39	15.8
2005	17,538	6,243	567	356.0	26.25	14.5
2006	17,541	5,948	525	339.1	25.32	14.2
2007	17,101	5,447	490	318.5	24.16	13.2
2008	16,908	4,934	477	291.8	22.59	12.2
2009	16,326	4,686	474	287.0	22.30	11.7
2010	16,126	3,739	487	231.9	18.82	10.6
2011	15,072	3,761	401	249.5	19.97	10.0
2012	13,770	3,656	388	265.5	20.98	10.0
2013	14,546	3,233	385	222.3	18.18	9.0
2014	14,518	3,211	344	221.2	18.11	9.1
2015	14,195	3,038	360	214.0	17.63	8.9
2016	13,745	2,856	306	207.8	17.20	8.4
2017	13,219	2,577	296	194.9	16.31	7.7
2018	12,495	2,406	266	192.6	16.15	7.4
2019	11,552	2,061	273	178.4	15.14	6.5
2020	11,215	2,151	261	191.8	16.09	6.9
2021	10,649	1,757	227	165.0	14.16	5.7
2022	9,709	1,491	198	153.6	13.31	4.9
2023	9,019	1,514	197	167.9	14.37
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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