Historical abortion statistics, Miyagi (Japan)

Abortion statistics and other data--Johnston`s Archive

Historical abortion statistics, Miyagi (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	29,813		3,169
1900	27,423		3,244
1901	29,608		3,518
1902	30,486		3,559
1903	28,403		3,157
1904	26,444		3,076
1905	27,543		3,032
1906	25,632		2,882
1907	29,231		3,318
1908	31,438		3,368
1909	32,613		3,369
1910	32,929		3,265
1911	32,923		3,046
1912	33,172		2,981
1913	33,843		2,916
1914	33,430		2,740
1915	35,502		2,851
1916	35,393		2,847
1917	36,229		2,770
1918	35,468		2,861
1919	34,768		2,675
1920	41,325		2,933
1921	39,958		2,901
1922	38,757		2,602
1923	42,292		2,793
1924	40,967		2,652
1925	42,693		2,504
1926	43,267		2,488
1927	42,848		2,397
1928	43,195		2,386
1929	43,278		2,269
1930	43,118		2,217
1931	43,361		2,241
1932	46,126		2,394
1933	43,103		2,144
1934	44,812		2,364
1935	45,039		2,337
1936	43,922		2,190
1937	46,068		2,219
1938	41,323		2,080
1939	39,385		1,882
1940	42,219		2,041
1941	41,562		1,966
1942	41,748		1,777
1943	42,766		1,750
1944
1945
1946
1947	55,512		2,793
1948	56,242		3,240
1949	57,052		4,268
1950	53,224		4,940
1951	48,017		4,850
1952	46,076		4,787
1953	42,439		4,378
1954	39,631		4,405
1955	38,509	27,740	4,472	720.4	41.87	62.3
1956	36,476		4,321
1957	33,703		4,183
1958	34,207		4,290
1959	32,686		4,052
1960	31,363	23,771	3,965	757.9	43.11	51.7
1961	30,063		3,887
1962	29,062		3,663
1963	28,772		3,460
1964	28,695		3,287
1965	29,240	16,724	3,164	572.0	36.38	34.7
1966	22,834		2,918
1967	31,258		2,872
1968	29,404		2,740
1969	29,403		2,748
1970	30,428	13,121	2,621	431.2	30.13	25.4
1971	31,446		2,460
1972	32,038		2,354
1973	33,655		2,160
1974	33,666		2,056
1975	32,760	12,331	2,058	376.4	27.35	22.9
1976	32,604		1,982
1977	32,450		1,876
1978	32,038		1,906
1979	31,534		1,714
1980	31,129	12,367	1,789	397.3	28.43	22.7
1981	30,164		1,822
1982	30,365		1,738
1983	29,982		1,642
1984	29,320		1,692
1985	28,025	12,632	1,630	450.7	31.07	23.0
1986	27,049		1,526
1987	26,226		1,440
1988	24,999		1,431
1989	24,118		1,289
1990	23,324	10,134	1,260	434.5	30.29	18.1
1991	23,196	10,261	1,219	442.4	30.67
1992	22,961	9,609	1,144	418.5	29.50
1993	21,833	9,047	1,081	414.4	29.30
1994	22,759	8,129	1,042	357.2	26.32
1995	22,267	8,007	893	359.6	26.45	13.9
1996	22,155	7,812	898	352.6	26.07
1997	21,978	8,042	911	365.9	26.79
1998	22,312	8,130	910	364.4	26.71
1999	21,886	8,026	833	366.7	26.83
2000	22,154	8,230	829	371.5	27.09	14.9
2001	21,751	8,316	840	382.3	27.66	14.9
2002	21,474	8,097	820	377.1	27.38	14.6
2003	20,829	7,931	798	380.8	27.58	14.4
2004	20,236	6,645	749	328.4	24.72	12.2
2005	19,326	6,577	640	340.3	25.39	12.3
2006	19,706	6,243	610	316.8	24.06	11.9
2007	19,810	5,764	579	291.0	22.54	11.1
2008	19,863	5,344	573	269.0	21.20	10.5
2009	18,988	5,139	529	270.6	21.30	10.2
2010	19,126	4,807	495	251.3	20.09	9.6
2011	18,062	4,522	484	250.4	20.02	9.2
2012	18,707	4,527	487	242.0	19.48	9.2
2013	18,949	4,269	435	225.3	18.39	8.7
2014	18,069	4,206	421	232.8	18.88	8.7
2015	18,023	3,948	428	219.1	17.97	8.5
2016	17,399	3,696	402	212.4	17.52	7.8
2017	16,681	3,548	357	212.7	17.54	7.5
2018	16,211	3,282	338	202.5	16.84	7.0
2019	14,947	3,067	356	205.2	17.03	6.7
2020	14,480	2,898	311	200.1	16.68	6.4
2021	13,761	2,509	299	182.3	15.42	5.5
2022	12,852	2,479	271	192.9	16.17	5.5
2023	12,328	2,565	297	208.1	17.22
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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