Historical abortion statistics, Ibaraki (Japan)

Abortion statistics and other data--Johnston`s Archive

Historical abortion statistics, Ibaraki (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	33,019		6,923
1900	32,691		6,892
1901	36,245		8,414
1902	36,276		8,376
1903	33,975		8,136
1904	33,298		8,024
1905	36,752		8,175
1906	31,176		7,944
1907	37,614		7,942
1908	39,868		7,406
1909	41,739		7,150
1910	41,326		6,355
1911	42,845		6,062
1912	42,034		5,554
1913	43,875		5,554
1914	46,414		5,498
1915	45,824		5,376
1916	46,304		5,301
1917	47,910		5,134
1918	45,673		4,691
1919	45,322		4,595
1920	52,291		4,877
1921	49,439		4,528
1922	49,668		4,409
1923	51,506		4,355
1924	50,739		4,120
1925	50,937		4,000
1926	53,465		3,953
1927	50,439		3,762
1928	52,247		3,849
1929	51,015		3,663
1930	50,445		3,472
1931	50,860		3,538
1932	52,253		3,434
1933	50,346		3,277
1934	48,926		3,212
1935	53,532		3,309
1936	50,166		3,144
1937	53,391		3,136
1938	47,305		2,757
1939	45,148		2,676
1940	51,929		2,770
1941	51,712		2,513
1942	50,729		2,210
1943	51,556		2,272
1944
1945
1946
1947	69,164		3,344
1948	66,598		3,937
1949	66,251		4,827
1950	59,723		5,236
1951	55,310		5,313
1952	51,729		5,024
1953	48,707		4,786
1954	45,969		4,203
1955	44,592	16,570	4,081	371.6	27.09	32.2
1956	42,566		3,997
1957	38,619		3,834
1958	38,556		3,763
1959	37,401		3,721
1960	35,664	12,164	3,586	341.1	25.43	23.6
1961	33,638		3,497
1962	33,660		3,360
1963	33,991		3,170
1964	34,140		3,056
1965	35,460	10,083	2,955	284.3	22.14	18.7
1966	25,856		2,704
1967	38,094		2,738
1968	35,735		2,616
1969	36,352		2,377
1970	38,597	7,640	2,355	197.9	16.52	13.2
1971	40,325		2,328
1972	41,817		2,197
1973	42,597		2,025
1974	42,474		1,942
1975	40,466	5,520	1,800	136.4	12.00	9.1
1976	39,572		1,698
1977	38,573		1,731
1978	37,948		1,676
1979	37,505		1,551
1980	36,369	6,174	1,340	169.8	14.51	9.7
1981	35,643	6,515	1,440	182.8	15.45
1982	35,742	6,781	1,503	189.7	15.95	10.4
1983	35,412	6,186	1,453	174.7	14.87	9.4
1984	35,301	6,371	1,510	180.5	15.29	9.6
1985	33,479	6,623	1,474	197.8	16.52	10.1
1986	32,515	6,876	1,382	211.5	17.46	10.2
1987	31,817	6,056	1,424	190.3	15.99	8.9
1988	30,515	6,697	1,298	219.5	18.00	9.6
1989	29,214	6,432	1,160	220.2	18.04	9.1
1990	28,784	6,214	1,147	215.9	17.76	8.7
1991	29,057	6,059	1,097	208.5	17.25	8.5
1992	29,046	6,587	1,068	226.8	18.49	9.2
1993	28,379	5,726	1,016	201.8	16.79	7.9
1994	29,483	5,344	985	181.3	15.34	7.4
1995	28,234	5,647	935	200.0	16.67	7.6
1996	28,785	5,356	915	186.1	15.69	7.4
1997	28,331	5,439	923	192.0	16.11	7.5
1998	28,602	5,834	965	204.0	16.94	8.2
1999	28,261	6,128	888	216.8	17.82	8.7
2000	28,220	6,438	933	228.1	18.58	9.6
2001	27,864	6,472	946	232.3	18.85	9.6
2002	27,337	6,836	908	250.1	20.00	10.2
2003	26,523	5,346	839	201.6	16.77	8.1
2004	26,167	5,431	822	207.6	17.19	8.3
2005	24,244	5,634	715	232.4	18.86	8.8
2006	25,128	4,965	744	197.6	16.50	7.9
2007	24,829	4,619	719	186.0	15.69	7.4
2008	24,592	4,172	691	169.6	14.50	6.8
2009	24,209	3,718	631	153.6	13.31	6.1
2010	23,989	3,457	600	144.1	12.60	5.8
2011	23,219	3,491	558	150.4	13.07	5.9
2012	22,896	3,327	577	145.3	12.69	5.7
2013	22,358	3,162	538	141.4	12.39	5.5
2014	21,932	3,088	491	140.8	12.34	5.4
2015	21,700	2,889	489	133.1	11.75	5.2
2016	20,878	2,609	423	125.0	11.11	4.7
2017	20,431	2,653	443	129.9	11.49	4.8
2018	19,368	2,471	420	127.6	11.31	4.6
2019	18,004	2,269	408	126.0	11.19	4.3
2020	17,389	1,624	340	93.4	8.54	3.1
2021	16,502	1,257	355	76.2	7.08	2.4
2022	15,905	1,581	309	99.4	9.04	3.1
2023	14,898	1,545	331	103.7	9.40
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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