Historical abortion statistics, Kumamoto (Japan)

Abortion statistics and other data--Johnston`s Archive

Historical abortion statistics, Kumamoto (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	30,999		333
1900	32,920		377
1901	32,260		494
1902	32,314		545
1903	32,181		540
1904	32,761		552
1905	30,654		505
1906	31,792		599
1907	34,941		673
1908	36,383		758
1909	36,328		876
1910	36,279		954
1911	36,466		984
1912	37,515		933
1913	36,335		1,088
1914	37,655		1,120
1915	37,518		1,041
1916	38,066		1,205
1917	38,680		1,253
1918	38,862		1,309
1919	36,424		1,172
1920	41,874		1,248
1921	40,559		1,336
1922	41,137		1,273
1923	43,360		1,359
1924	41,716		1,244
1925	43,602		1,232
1926	43,898		1,303
1927	43,203		1,238
1928	44,207		1,298
1929	43,364		1,325
1930	42,915		1,328
1931	43,006		1,363
1932	44,647		1,311
1933	43,650		1,370
1934	42,130		1,335
1935	43,424		1,319
1936	41,059		1,240
1937	44,140		1,304
1938	38,179		1,142
1939	37,306		1,052
1940	39,847		1,004
1941	42,832		1,144
1942	40,599		1,224
1943	41,067		1,358
1944
1945
1946
1947	61,213		2,788
1948	60,456		3,207
1949	62,911		3,987
1950	55,372		4,807
1951	51,997		4,851
1952	48,655		4,386
1953	45,198		4,373
1954	43,108		4,265
1955	42,164	23,660	4,251	561.1	35.94	49.7
1956	40,376		4,280
1957	36,132		4,068
1958	36,954		4,012
1959	35,210		3,865
1960	33,005	23,047	3,677	698.3	41.12	48.9
1961	31,346		3,578
1962	30,111		3,315
1963	29,478		3,154
1964	29,018		2,915
1965	28,920	17,658	2,939	610.6	37.91	37.5
1966	22,578		2,567
1967	29,458		2,641
1968	26,804		2,467
1969	26,027		2,167
1970	25,112	13,245	2,062	527.4	34.53	28.3
1971	25,210		2,012
1972	25,470		1,829
1973	26,433		1,766
1974	26,144		1,766
1975	25,596	11,413	1,613	445.9	30.84	25.1
1976	25,572		1,587
1977	24,925		1,699
1978	24,724		1,542
1979	24,990		1,500
1980	24,446	9,810	1,409	401.3	28.64	21.7
1981	24,287		1,461
1982	23,810		1,622
1983	23,929		1,522
1984	24,223		1,589
1985	23,183	9,454	1,437	407.8	28.97	21.1
1986	22,427		1,387
1987	21,524		1,435
1988	20,724		1,204
1989	19,702		1,091
1990	18,992	7,955	1,101	418.9	29.52	18.2
1991	19,004	7,400	1,020	389.4	28.03	17.1
1992	18,571	7,031	1,003	378.6	27.46	16.3
1993	18,257	6,604	984	361.7	26.56	15.3
1994	18,521	6,549	936	353.6	26.12	15.2
1995	17,895	6,398	856	357.5	26.34	15.2
1996	18,035	6,313	818	350.0	25.93	14.6
1997	17,451	6,256	856	358.5	26.39	14.5
1998	17,443	6,061	797	347.5	25.79	14.3
1999	17,109	6,216	772	363.3	26.65	14.8
2000	17,262	6,497	808	376.4	27.35	15.5
2001	16,960	6,281	765	370.3	27.03	15.4
2002	16,839	6,060	677	359.9	26.46	15.0
2003	16,339	5,966	667	365.1	26.75	15.0
2004	16,313	5,619	633	344.4	25.62	14.3
2005	15,645	5,540	556	354.1	26.15	14.2
2006	16,189	5,634	576	348.0	25.82	14.9
2007	16,307	5,260	524	322.6	24.39	14.1
2008	16,462	4,860	502	295.2	22.79	13.2
2009	16,221	3,964	474	244.4	19.64	10.9
2010	16,246	4,154	430	255.7	20.36	11.6
2011	16,118	4,014	471	249.0	19.94	11.3
2012	15,996	3,681	436	230.1	18.71	10.4
2013	15,954	3,414	416	214.0	17.63	9.8
2014	15,558	3,445	458	221.4	18.13	10.0
2015	15,577	3,148	413	202.1	16.81	9.3
2016	14,896	2,882	396	193.5	16.21	8.6
2017	14,657	3,057	382	208.6	17.26	9.3
2018	14,301	2,881	345	201.5	16.77	8.8
2019	13,305	2,658	313	199.8	16.65	8.3
2020	13,011	2,345	282	180.2	15.27	7.5
2021	12,670	1,964	294	155.0	13.42	6.3
2022	11,875	2,030	228	170.9	14.60	6.6
2023	11,189	2,271	231	203.0	16.87
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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