Historical abortion statistics, Kyoto (Japan)

Abortion statistics and other data--Johnston`s Archive

Historical abortion statistics, Kyoto (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	29,103		3,355
1900	30,114		3,310
1901	31,451		3,590
1902	31,206		3,521
1903	31,351		3,404
1904	29,512		3,274
1905	28,982		2,921
1906	29,845		3,171
1907	34,667		3,550
1908	36,164		3,401
1909	36,053		3,379
1910	37,837		3,432
1911	37,486		3,389
1912	37,822		3,148
1913	37,101		3,196
1914	37,285		3,051
1915	36,823		2,813
1916	36,582		2,874
1917	36,209		2,809
1918	34,295		2,981
1919	35,638		2,808
1920	40,788		2,972
1921	39,615		2,942
1922	40,434		2,842
1923	40,860		2,844
1924	40,743		2,652
1925	41,654		2,502
1926	42,920		2,663
1927	40,547		2,315
1928	43,369		2,602
1929	42,313		2,552
1930	41,765		2,632
1931	42,598		2,637
1932	45,211		2,691
1933	43,098		2,578
1934	41,112		2,412
1935	44,449		2,593
1936	43,106		2,444
1937	43,636		2,479
1938	36,982		2,026
1939	35,965		1,952
1940	41,745		2,048
1941	46,897		2,083
1942	45,820		2,009
1943	45,269		1,813
1944
1945
1946
1947	53,828		2,429
1948	54,287		2,920
1949	52,248		4,313
1950	41,236		4,587
1951	36,493		4,452
1952	32,802		3,943
1953	29,907		3,672
1954	28,717		3,516
1955	27,943	33,998	3,319	1,216.7	54.89	64.4
1956	27,724		3,285
1957	26,688		3,234
1958	28,665		3,455
1959	29,282		3,479
1960	29,194	38,914	3,356	1,332.9	57.14	69.1
1961	29,213		3,372
1962	31,129		3,468
1963	32,108		3,399
1964	34,258		3,395
1965	36,703	36,449	3,284	993.1	49.83	59.2
1966	27,755		2,858
1967	39,254		2,902
1968	39,240		2,882
1969	39,750		2,813
1970	41,235	27,415	2,704	664.8	39.93	42.6
1971	42,413		2,692
1972	44,107		2,535
1973	44,885		2,509
1974	43,438		2,379
1975	39,921	22,017	2,192	551.5	35.55	33.6
1976	38,636		2,359
1977	36,870		1,995
1978	35,943		1,810
1979	33,464		1,698
1980	32,139	15,551	1,622	483.9	32.61	23.5
1981	30,498		1,662
1982	30,493		1,522
1983	30,627		1,435
1984	30,390		1,325
1985	28,479	12,959	1,360	455.0	31.27	19.5
1986	28,358		1,282
1987	26,603		1,252
1988	26,192		1,093
1989	24,855		1,015
1990	24,209	9,981	1,039	412.3	29.19	14.8
1991	23,487	9,493	947	404.2	28.78	14.1
1992	23,838	8,644	919	362.6	26.61	12.9
1993	23,082	7,982	826	345.8	25.70	12.0
1994	24,245	7,449	838	307.2	23.50	11.4
1995	23,219	6,884	777	296.5	22.87	10.5
1996	24,023	6,500	748	270.6	21.30	9.8
1997	23,595	6,559	701	278.0	21.75	10.1
1998	24,312	6,486	736	266.8	21.06	10.2
1999	23,831	6,516	699	273.4	21.47	10.4
2000	23,997	6,611	694	275.5	21.60	10.9
2001	23,364	6,683	698	286.0	22.24	10.9
2002	22,859	6,497	702	284.2	22.13	10.7
2003	22,371	6,160	664	275.4	21.59	10.2
2004	22,066	5,851	721	265.2	20.96	9.8
2005	21,560	5,661	600	262.6	20.80	9.5
2006	22,100	5,237	559	237.0	19.16	8.8
2007	21,597	4,865	521	225.3	18.38	8.3
2008	21,842	4,777	507	218.7	17.95	8.2
2009	21,058	4,372	432	207.6	17.19	7.6
2010	21,234	4,076	482	192.0	16.10	7.2
2011	20,707	3,792	476	183.1	15.48	6.6
2012	20,111	3,689	464	183.4	15.50	6.5
2013	20,106	3,869	440	192.4	16.14	6.9
2014	19,583	3,667	447	187.3	15.77	6.6
2015	19,663	2,465	427	125.4	11.14	4.5
2016	19,327	3,320	401	171.8	14.66	6.0
2017	18,521	3,364	355	181.6	15.37	6.1
2018	17,909	3,139	362	175.3	14.91	5.8
2019	16,993	2,873	359	169.1	14.46	5.4
2020	16,440	2,569	297	156.3	13.51	5.1
2021	15,818	2,122	316	134.2	11.83	4.1
2022	15,068	1,887	322	125.2	11.13	3.7
2023	13,882	1,968	268	141.8	12.42
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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