Historical abortion statistics, Kagoshima (Japan)

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Historical abortion statistics, Kagoshima (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	28,358		276
1900	30,856		401
1901	31,247		564
1902	33,115		575
1903	33,398		613
1904	35,161		593
1905	34,539		616
1906	33,161		660
1907	37,122		690
1908	40,541		837
1909	39,578		947
1910	40,199		993
1911	41,161		1,128
1912	41,552		1,194
1913	40,845		1,211
1914	42,658		1,387
1915	43,152		1,305
1916	43,041		1,397
1917	45,278		1,585
1918	45,031		1,622
1919	42,276		1,394
1920	48,301		1,620
1921	46,661		1,805
1922	49,996		1,910
1923	50,498		1,937
1924	48,831		1,766
1925	51,247		1,797
1926	46,619		1,813
1927	51,528		1,837
1928	51,262		1,765
1929	51,048		1,929
1930	50,227		1,975
1931	51,100		1,904
1932	52,536		1,978
1933	51,765		1,879
1934	50,476		1,731
1935	52,386		1,797
1936	49,062		1,775
1937	53,652		1,881
1938	46,480		1,585
1939	48,505		1,651
1940	49,681		1,523
1941	52,388		1,527
1942	47,931		1,543
1943	48,668		1,611
1944
1945
1946
1947	58,769		2,606
1948	62,719		3,076
1949	64,016		4,078
1950	55,038		4,352
1951	53,196		4,287
1952	51,126		3,875
1953	46,747		3,684
1954	51,530		3,651
1955	49,979	16,908	3,426	338.3	25.28	34.3
1956	47,367		3,249
1957	43,507		2,890
1958	42,432		3,033
1959	39,710		2,959
1960	37,821	15,947	2,818	421.6	29.66	34.4
1961	34,868		2,900
1962	31,345		2,794
1963	32,397		2,807
1964	30,701		2,580
1965	29,243	11,313	2,496	386.9	27.89	24.7
1966	23,501		2,412
1967	29,712		2,413
1968	26,475		2,375
1969	25,587		2,249
1970	24,291	9,826	2,167	404.5	28.80	22.1
1971	24,374		1,936
1972	24,954		2,025
1973	25,590		1,827
1974	25,160		1,657
1975	24,592	9,172	1,692	373.0	27.17	21.0
1976	24,485		1,676
1977	24,827		1,667
1978	24,576		1,582
1979	25,079		1,520
1980	24,540	9,740	1,596	396.9	28.41	22.6
1981	24,398		1,649
1982	24,662		1,506
1983	24,374		1,533
1984	24,202		1,547
1985	23,375	10,051	1,417	430.0	30.07	23.7
1986	20,902		1,371
1987	22,486		1,318
1988	20,908		1,228
1989	19,671		1,128
1990	18,892	8,155	1,072	431.7	30.15	19.9
1991	18,356	8,018	1,016	436.8	30.40
1992	17,995	7,681	952	426.8	29.92
1993	17,547	6,615	933	377.0	27.38
1994	17,914	6,749	882	376.7	27.36
1995	16,649	6,474	806	388.9	28.00	15.9
1996	16,858	6,114	786	362.7	26.62
1997	16,427	5,854	816	356.4	26.27
1998	16,227	5,620	783	346.3	25.72
1999	15,663	5,541	757	353.8	26.13
2000	16,272	5,488	739	337.3	25.22	14.3
2001	15,943	5,586	731	350.4	25.95	14.4
2002	15,755	5,628	712	357.2	26.32	14.7
2003	15,535	5,173	732	333.0	24.98	13.7
2004	15,198	4,768	581	313.7	23.88	12.7
2005	14,834	4,534	613	305.6	23.41	12.3
2006	15,080	4,421	596	293.2	22.67	12.4
2007	15,090	3,964	554	262.7	20.80	11.3
2008	15,445	4,033	529	261.1	20.71	11.7
2009	14,920	3,698	466	247.9	19.86	10.9
2010	15,124	3,691	467	244.0	19.62	11.1
2011	15,244	3,380	449	221.7	18.15	10.3
2012	14,841	3,302	419	222.5	18.20	10.2
2013	14,637	3,153	423	215.4	17.72	9.9
2014	14,236	3,070	391	215.7	17.74	9.7
2015	14,125	3,021	379	213.9	17.62	10.0
2016	13,688	2,588	327	189.1	15.90	8.6
2017	13,209	2,554	311	193.4	16.20	8.6
2018	12,956	2,576	289	198.8	16.59	8.8
2019	11,977	2,475	287	206.6	17.13	8.6
2020	11,638	2,131	278	183.1	15.48	7.8
2021	11,618	1,811	263	155.9	13.49	6.5
2022	10,540	1,652	231	156.7	13.55	6.0
2023	9,868	1,712	225	173.5	14.78
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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