Historical abortion statistics, Gifu (Japan)

Abortion statistics and other data--Johnston`s Archive

Historical abortion statistics, Gifu (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	31,610		3,570
1900	31,378		3,781
1901	34,816		4,309
1902	34,534		4,392
1903	34,169		4,362
1904	32,461		4,223
1905	31,444		3,741
1906	30,451		3,893
1907	34,009		4,262
1908	35,442		4,197
1909	36,192		4,103
1910	36,913		4,119
1911	38,360		3,733
1912	37,593		3,677
1913	38,081		3,536
1914	39,290		3,360
1915	39,246		3,066
1916	39,710		3,127
1917	37,825		3,082
1918	37,231		3,138
1919	36,431		2,824
1920	43,305		3,032
1921	40,612		2,866
1922	39,951		2,542
1923	42,353		2,687
1924	41,047		2,456
1925	42,289		2,486
1926	43,042		2,422
1927	41,911		2,222
1928	42,483		2,333
1929	41,804		2,228
1930	41,951		2,109
1931	40,063		2,140
1932	43,103		2,091
1933	40,740		1,964
1934	40,365		1,951
1935	41,446		2,000
1936	40,176		1,892
1937	42,270		1,896
1938	36,380		1,621
1939	35,845		1,619
1940	40,305		1,681
1941	39,385		1,613
1942	39,604		1,534
1943	39,110		1,492
1944
1945
1946
1947	51,432		2,016
1948	53,066		2,443
1949	49,838		3,447
1950	41,465		3,972
1951	37,215		3,792
1952	35,050		3,451
1953	32,676		3,163
1954	30,678		3,000
1955	29,348	22,670	2,737	772.5	43.58	55.2
1956	28,799		2,704
1957	27,047		2,595
1958	29,049		2,653
1959	28,406		2,619
1960	28,516	15,127	2,687	530.5	34.66	33.8
1961	28,049		2,585
1962	28,404		2,652
1963	29,418		2,635
1964	30,018		2,692
1965	32,112	12,851	2,341	400.2	28.58	26.2
1966	21,340		2,022
1967	32,834		2,171
1968	31,759		2,022
1969	31,347		2,043
1970	32,287	10,951	2,030	339.2	25.33	21.7
1971	33,107		1,910
1972	33,944		1,883
1973	34,648		1,671
1974	33,597		1,601
1975	31,538	8,798	1,414	279.0	21.81	17.4
1976	30,067		1,450
1977	28,673		1,308
1978	28,498		1,229
1979	26,565		1,178
1980	25,834	8,347	1,008	323.1	24.42	16.4
1981	24,876		1,038
1982	24,319		1,192
1983	24,766		968
1984	24,544		1,039
1985	23,873	8,169	935	342.2	25.49	16.0
1986	22,263		874
1987	22,367		886
1988	21,791		899
1989	20,616		753
1990	20,292	6,909	770	340.5	25.40	13.2
1991	20,039	6,479	730	323.3	24.43
1992	20,351	5,879	688	288.9	22.41
1993	20,017	5,792	640	289.4	22.44
1994	20,623	5,410	656	262.3	20.78
1995	20,187	4,965	555	246.0	19.74	9.7
1996	20,546	5,649	582	274.9	21.57
1997	19,930	5,127	621	257.3	20.46
1998	20,447	4,990	536	244.0	19.62
1999	20,151	5,507	564	273.3	21.46
2000	20,276	5,276	611	260.2	20.65	11.1
2001	19,603	5,222	586	266.4	21.04	11.0
2002	19,617	4,779	581	243.6	19.59	10.2
2003	19,156	4,958	480	258.8	20.56	10.7
2004	18,363	4,968	507	270.5	21.29	10.8
2005	17,706	4,287	469	242.1	19.49	9.4
2006	18,092	4,096	461	226.4	18.46	9.1
2007	17,696	3,470	430	196.1	16.39	7.8
2008	17,506	3,452	388	197.2	16.47	7.8
2009	17,327	3,025	358	174.6	14.86	7.0
2010	16,887	2,961	382	175.3	14.92	7.0
2011	16,851	2,701	337	160.3	13.81	6.4
2012	16,496	2,683	355	162.6	13.99	6.5
2013	16,000	2,350	311	146.9	12.81	5.7
2014	15,138	2,399	313	158.5	13.68	5.9
2015	15,467	2,342	320	151.4	13.15	5.9
2016	14,831	2,133	289	143.8	12.57	5.4
2017	14,040	2,089	254	148.8	12.95	5.4
2018	13,720	1,887	271	137.5	12.09	4.9
2019	12,776	1,714	244	134.2	11.83	4.6
2020	12,092	1,622	206	134.1	11.83	4.5
2021	11,730	1,313	197	111.9	10.07	3.6
2022	11,124	1,253	186	112.6	10.12	3.5
2023	10,469	1,197	207	114.3	10.26
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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