Historical abortion statistics, Miyazaki (Japan)

Abortion statistics and other data--Johnston`s Archive

Historical abortion statistics, Miyazaki (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	12,740		477
1900	14,017		636
1901	14,111		1,019
1902	14,953		1,198
1903	14,453		1,158
1904	14,890		1,122
1905	14,803		1,055
1906	13,927		1,194
1907	16,398		1,254
1908	16,803		1,245
1909	16,914		1,240
1910	16,820		1,191
1911	17,631		1,340
1912	17,644		1,343
1913	17,611		1,328
1914	19,456		1,281
1915	19,426		1,339
1916	19,256		1,221
1917	19,936		1,358
1918	21,063		1,381
1919	19,149		1,222
1920	23,162		1,380
1921	21,744		1,389
1922	22,479		1,343
1923	22,876		1,323
1924	22,721		1,282
1925	23,854		1,165
1926	24,612		1,301
1927	24,215		1,232
1928	24,949		1,157
1929	25,635		1,223
1930	25,515		1,279
1931	25,991		1,261
1932	27,349		1,357
1933	27,624		1,330
1934	26,080		1,330
1935	28,450		1,344
1936	26,759		1,261
1937	29,115		1,299
1938	25,172		1,137
1939	24,769		1,117
1940	26,063		1,151
1941	29,505		1,237
1942	26,686		1,099
1943	26,595		1,179
1944
1945
1946
1947	38,641		1,862
1948	40,909		2,088
1949	40,143		3,141
1950	35,330		4,035
1951	33,610		4,308
1952	31,781		4,010
1953	28,315		3,755
1954	27,770		3,571
1955	26,740	24,806	3,483	927.7	48.12	88.6
1956	26,172		3,444
1957	23,448		3,228
1958	23,741		3,282
1959	23,000		3,142
1960	21,920	11,632	2,939	530.7	34.67	41.5
1961	20,552		2,910
1962	19,439		2,764
1963	19,190		2,590
1964	18,540		2,377
1965	18,438	7,705	2,125	417.9	29.47	27.2
1966	13,414		2,100
1967	19,101		2,080
1968	17,456		2,009
1969	17,370		1,954
1970	16,986	6,506	1,863	383.0	27.69	22.6
1971	17,184		1,767
1972	17,713		1,635
1973	18,301		1,509
1974	18,749		1,480
1975	18,123	4,386	1,327	242.0	19.49	15.1
1976	18,229		1,288
1977	18,005		1,396
1978	17,490		1,223
1979	17,731		1,239
1980	16,991	6,216	1,074	365.8	26.79	21.3
1981	16,664		1,172
1982	16,695		1,171
1983	16,160		1,201
1984	16,058		1,189
1985	15,262	7,174	965	470.1	31.98	24.7
1986	14,820		963
1987	14,049		845
1988	13,505		959
1989	12,914		793
1990	12,107	5,746	751	474.6	32.19	20.4
1991	12,118	5,292	748	436.7	30.40
1992	12,032	5,135	744	426.8	29.91
1993	11,717	4,780	672	408.0	28.97
1994	12,245	4,351	635	355.3	26.22
1995	11,693	4,265	582	364.7	26.73	15.3
1996	11,792	4,048	593	343.3	25.56
1997	11,501	4,050	568	352.1	26.04
1998	11,335	3,779	561	333.4	25.00
1999	10,938	3,722	493	340.3	25.39
2000	11,037	3,712	536	336.3	25.17	14.7
2001	11,007	3,546	534	322.2	24.37	13.9
2002	10,657	3,131	534	293.8	22.71	12.5
2003	10,220	2,278	499	222.9	18.23	9.1
2004	10,267	3,221	466	313.7	23.88	13.1
2005	9,738	3,024	421	310.5	23.70	12.6
2006	10,094	2,882	447	285.5	22.21	12.3
2007	10,337	2,610	380	252.5	20.16	11.4
2008	10,292	2,442	326	237.3	19.18	10.8
2009	10,170	2,193	351	215.6	17.74	9.8
2010	10,217	1,917	317	187.6	15.80	8.8
2011	10,152	1,911	335	188.2	15.84	8.8
2012	9,858	1,685	321	170.9	14.60	7.9
2013	9,854	1,752	294	177.8	15.10	8.3
2014	9,509	1,637	294	172.2	14.69	7.9
2015	9,226	1,620	279	175.6	14.94	8.0
2016	8,929	1,427	240	159.8	13.78	7.1
2017	8,797	1,435	209	163.1	14.02	7.2
2018	8,434	1,769	211	209.7	17.34	9.2
2019	8,043	1,673	222	208.0	17.22	8.8
2020	7,720	1,535	195	198.8	16.59	8.2
2021	7,590	1,402	148	184.7	15.59	7.5
2022	7,136	1,232	175	172.6	14.72	6.7
2023	6,502	1,264	166	194.4	16.28
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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