Historical abortion statistics, Gunma (Japan)

Abortion statistics and other data--Johnston`s Archive

Historical abortion statistics, Gunma (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	28,595		2,979
1900	29,407		3,119
1901	32,335		3,715
1902	31,568		3,665
1903	31,988		3,724
1904	30,312		3,549
1905	31,138		3,376
1906	27,862		3,574
1907	32,573		3,890
1908	33,257		3,954
1909	34,369		4,155
1910	33,003		3,808
1911	35,271		4,016
1912	34,952		3,919
1913	35,201		3,715
1914	37,845		3,739
1915	36,783		3,615
1916	36,683		3,635
1917	37,225		3,627
1918	36,483		3,513
1919	35,823		3,623
1920	41,618		3,757
1921	38,242		3,428
1922	39,173		3,412
1923	40,602		3,383
1924	39,691		3,109
1925	41,405		3,089
1926	42,476		3,065
1927	40,442		2,773
1928	41,130		2,840
1929	40,167		2,723
1930	41,509		2,734
1931	39,921		2,592
1932	41,769		2,780
1933	40,172		2,464
1934	39,836		2,656
1935	42,171		2,657
1936	39,968		2,463
1937	41,997		2,567
1938	37,921		2,283
1939	36,358		2,198
1940	42,264		2,397
1941	42,484		2,313
1942	42,744		2,057
1943	42,548		1,954
1944
1945
1946
1947	54,605		2,799
1948	52,005		3,167
1949	52,006		4,216
1950	44,780		4,649
1951	40,003		4,589
1952	37,806		4,343
1953	33,896		4,002
1954	32,971		3,833
1955	32,339	22,191	3,648	686.2	40.70	53.3
1956	30,232		3,333
1957	27,440		3,196
1958	28,164		3,213
1959	26,846		2,933
1960	25,510	23,904	2,752	937.0	48.37	56.9
1961	24,976		2,720
1962	24,845		2,631
1963	25,125		2,465
1964	26,183		2,446
1965	27,885	13,429	2,249	481.6	32.50	30.1
1966	19,493		2,017
1967	30,266		2,041
1968	28,428		2,011
1969	28,622		1,970
1970	29,429	8,922	1,818	303.2	23.26	19.3
1971	30,728		1,792
1972	31,833		1,798
1973	32,507		1,727
1974	31,949		1,495
1975	29,616	8,197	1,333	276.8	21.68	17.7
1976	29,356		1,391
1977	27,946		1,266
1978	27,258		1,136
1979	26,530		1,071
1980	25,140	8,347	1,007	332.0	24.93	18.1
1981	24,365		1,016
1982	24,157		920
1983	23,974		857
1984	23,532		883
1985	22,917	8,339	890	363.9	26.68	17.9
1986	21,546		793
1987	21,573		803
1988	21,017		753
1989	20,138		773
1990	19,470	6,520	725	334.9	25.09	13.4
1991	19,853	6,452	680	325.0	24.53
1992	19,668	6,308	707	320.7	24.28
1993	19,226	6,135	617	319.1	24.19
1994	20,338	5,822	637	286.3	22.26
1995	19,431	5,605	561	288.5	22.39	11.9
1996	19,761	5,763	587	291.6	22.58
1997	19,481	5,898	598	302.8	23.24
1998	19,422	5,721	639	294.6	22.75
1999	19,111	5,782	574	302.5	23.23
2000	19,445	5,924	599	304.7	23.35	13.3
2001	19,024	5,957	541	313.1	23.85	13.4
2002	18,763	5,404	553	288.0	22.36	12.3
2003	18,337	5,098	571	278.0	21.75	11.7
2004	17,745	4,955	559	279.2	21.83	11.5
2005	17,134	4,847	491	282.9	22.05	11.4
2006	17,061	4,529	447	265.5	20.98	10.9
2007	16,817	4,105	468	244.1	19.62	9.9
2008	17,044	3,695	428	216.8	17.82	8.9
2009	16,310	3,518	423	215.7	17.74	8.6
2010	16,023	3,203	399	199.9	16.66	8.0
2011	15,637	2,970	360	189.9	15.96	7.4
2012	14,914	2,858	387	191.6	16.08	7.2
2013	14,732	2,715	346	184.3	15.56	6.9
2014	14,522	2,670	326	183.9	15.53	6.9
2015	14,256	2,499	332	175.3	14.91	6.6
2016	13,661	2,535	330	185.6	15.65	6.7
2017	13,280	2,543	280	191.5	16.07	6.8
2018	12,922	2,414	288	186.8	15.74	6.5
2019	11,901	2,187	322	183.8	15.52	6.0
2020	11,660	2,040	276	175.0	14.89	5.8
2021	11,236	1,783	247	158.7	13.70	5.1
2022	10,688	1,604	251	150.1	13.05	4.6
2023	9,950	1,589	224	159.7	13.77
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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Last modified 22 May 2025.
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