Historical abortion statistics, Hyogo (Japan)

Abortion statistics and other data--Johnston`s Archive

Historical abortion statistics, Hyogo (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	54,758		5,282
1900	55,006		5,323
1901	58,879		5,735
1902	58,882		5,614
1903	57,916		5,201
1904	54,865		4,870
1905	54,507		4,767
1906	55,901		5,141
1907	63,224		5,494
1908	66,898		5,860
1909	66,347		5,444
1910	66,639		5,261
1911	66,494		5,046
1912	66,911		5,002
1913	67,136		4,956
1914	68,862		5,044
1915	67,565		4,900
1916	67,121		4,907
1917	66,469		4,926
1918	67,625		5,442
1919	65,857		5,016
1920	77,552		5,511
1921	78,292		5,424
1922	75,931		5,288
1923	78,991		5,410
1924	76,176		5,061
1925	77,232		5,030
1926	80,608		4,918
1927	76,452		4,679
1928	81,444		4,906
1929	77,459		4,681
1930	77,506		4,916
1931	79,111		4,778
1932	82,889		5,131
1933	79,658		4,792
1934	74,065		4,899
1935	82,133		5,056
1936	79,053		5,061
1937	81,145		5,194
1938	69,424		4,610
1939	69,165		4,576
1940	79,719		4,737
1941	93,749		5,075
1942	91,881		4,415
1943	90,780		4,285
1944
1945
1946
1947	97,371		4,961
1948	102,170		6,002
1949	98,995		8,455
1950	81,866		9,056
1951	77,025		8,997
1952	70,947		8,069
1953	67,492		7,440
1954	63,330		7,334
1955	62,404	44,540	6,953	713.7	41.65	45.8
1956	62,430		6,984
1957	58,762		6,970
1958	64,664		7,442
1959	64,548		7,237
1960	64,642	43,846	6,952	678.3	40.42	40.2
1961	66,080		7,553
1962	70,342		7,723
1963	72,868		7,949
1964	76,725		7,705
1965	82,500	35,478	7,477	430.0	30.07	28.4
1966	61,745		6,556
1967	87,967		6,691
1968	86,770		6,665
1969	88,491		6,290
1970	91,169	34,668	6,292	380.3	27.55	25.9
1971	94,939		6,182
1972	96,180		5,999
1973	97,813		5,310
1974	93,347		5,041
1975	86,839	30,048	4,440	346.0	25.71	22.1
1976	82,405		4,520
1977	78,612		3,949
1978	75,767		3,669
1979	70,986		3,348
1980	68,677	24,499	3,200	356.7	26.29	18.1
1981	66,219		3,303
1982	65,925		3,223
1983	65,368		2,861
1984	64,210		2,873
1985	61,332	21,866	2,657	356.5	26.28	15.9
1986	59,766		2,622
1987	57,600		2,484
1988	56,451		2,408
1989	53,689		2,190
1990	53,916	17,212	2,064	319.2	24.20	12.2
1991	53,294	16,443	2,005	308.5	23.58
1992	53,053	15,308	1,946	288.5	22.39
1993	51,942	14,555	1,781	280.2	21.89
1994	54,940	14,647	1,678	266.6	21.05
1995	51,947	13,177	1,439	253.7	20.23	9.7
1996	53,131	13,346	1,563	251.2	20.08
1997	53,356	12,418	1,521	232.7	18.88
1998	54,421	12,558	1,510	230.8	18.75
1999	53,765	12,005	1,582	223.3	18.25
2000	54,455	12,208	1,578	224.2	18.31	9.4
2001	52,585	11,966	1,545	227.6	18.54	9.2
2002	52,314	11,702	1,528	223.7	18.28	9.1
2003	50,520	11,666	1,453	230.9	18.76	9.1
2004	49,789	11,266	1,358	226.3	18.45	8.8
2005	47,273	10,944	1,296	231.5	18.80	8.6
2006	48,771	9,910	1,247	203.2	16.89	8.0
2007	48,685	9,662	1,286	198.5	16.56	7.8
2008	48,833	8,544	1,143	175.0	14.89	7.0
2009	47,592	7,918	1,133	166.4	14.26	6.5
2010	47,834	7,254	1,070	151.6	13.17	6.0
2011	47,351	6,896	1,028	145.6	12.71	5.7
2012	46,436	6,702	1,066	144.3	12.61	5.6
2013	45,673	6,482	964	141.9	12.43	5.5
2014	44,352	6,090	951	137.3	12.07	5.2
2015	44,016	5,598	916	127.2	11.28	4.9
2016	43,379	5,206	856	120.0	10.72	4.5
2017	41,606	5,424	813	130.4	11.53	4.8
2018	39,713	5,105	852	128.5	11.39	4.6
2019	38,043	4,665	770	122.6	10.92	4.3
2020	36,953	4,420	706	119.6	10.68	4.2
2021	35,581	3,840	632	107.9	9.74	3.6
2022	33,565	3,672	624	109.4	9.86	3.6
2023	32,615	3,439	600	105.4	9.54
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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