Historical abortion statistics, Nagano (Japan)

Abortion statistics and other data--Johnston`s Archive

Historical abortion statistics, Nagano (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	38,245		4,774
1900	40,358		4,911
1901	42,795		5,458
1902	43,490		5,440
1903	42,504		5,188
1904	39,697		5,018
1905	41,521		4,919
1906	37,082		4,932
1907	43,222		5,232
1908	46,097		5,431
1909	45,813		5,298
1910	46,143		5,397
1911	47,883		5,307
1912	46,989		5,080
1913	47,159		4,985
1914	49,766		5,008
1915	47,742		4,737
1916	50,125		4,841
1917	48,719		4,784
1918	49,618		4,801
1919	46,686		4,453
1920	55,201		4,765
1921	51,147		4,241
1922	51,902		4,131
1923	52,888		4,109
1924	54,061		3,843
1925	54,546		3,716
1926	56,908		3,853
1927	54,300		3,602
1928	55,451		3,511
1929	54,304		3,412
1930	55,193		3,485
1931	52,317		3,243
1932	55,324		3,292
1933	52,472		3,078
1934	51,351		3,139
1935	53,314		2,955
1936	50,891		2,760
1937	52,614		2,807
1938	47,859		2,525
1939	45,720		2,357
1940	51,236		2,449
1941	49,180		2,304
1942	50,218		2,068
1943	48,444		1,952
1944
1945
1946
1947	61,920		3,481
1948	60,114		3,877
1949	58,887		5,316
1950	49,989		5,887
1951	44,101		5,780
1952	40,211		5,092
1953	37,248		4,379
1954	36,064		3,965
1955	35,605	30,659	3,871	861.1	46.27	59.0
1956	34,464		3,532
1957	31,161		3,409
1958	32,676		3,370
1959	31,438		3,263
1960	30,750	24,630	3,069	801.0	44.47	46.7
1961	29,859		2,981
1962	30,316		2,670
1963	29,686		2,651
1964	29,860		2,570
1965	31,532	16,503	2,353	523.4	34.36	30.5
1966	23,297		2,125
1967	32,463		2,134
1968	31,199		2,067
1969	30,769		2,076
1970	31,390	9,244	1,919	294.5	22.75	17.3
1971	32,400		1,948
1972	32,478		1,761
1973	33,294		1,594
1974	34,152		1,615
1975	31,712	5,738	1,539	180.9	15.32	11.2
1976	31,113		1,484
1977	29,763		1,360
1978	29,633		1,301
1979	28,069		1,178
1980	27,187	6,576	1,145	241.9	19.48	13.2
1981	25,345		1,031
1982	25,059		1,088
1983	25,202		1,008
1984	24,961		1,006
1985	24,176	7,835	921	324.1	24.48	15.4
1986	24,025		895
1987	22,912		857
1988	22,589		826
1989	21,898		778
1990	21,384	6,714	752	314.0	23.89	13.5
1991	21,285	6,195	656	291.1	22.54
1992	21,548	6,107	672	283.4	22.08
1993	20,624	5,776	604	280.1	21.88
1994	22,012	5,340	580	242.6	19.52
1995	21,187	5,575	610	263.1	20.83	11.5
1996	21,286	5,394	540	253.4	20.22
1997	21,133	5,652	581	267.4	21.10
1998	21,436	5,960	584	278.0	21.76
1999	20,765	6,187	537	298.0	22.96
2000	21,194	6,580	531	310.5	23.69	14.4
2001	20,889	6,781	495	324.6	24.51	14.6
2002	20,324	6,380	518	313.9	23.89	13.9
2003	19,735	6,636	557	336.3	25.16	14.5
2004	19,323	5,844	488	302.4	23.22	12.9
2005	18,517	5,764	479	311.3	23.74	12.9
2006	18,775	5,337	485	284.3	22.13	12.3
2007	18,618	4,538	400	243.7	19.60	10.5
2008	18,129	4,352	414	240.1	19.36	10.1
2009	17,310	4,172	405	241.0	19.42	9.9
2010	17,233	3,370	395	195.6	16.36	8.2
2011	16,917	3,502	370	207.0	17.15	8.6
2012	16,661	3,301	381	198.1	16.54	8.2
2013	16,326	3,026	379	185.3	15.64	7.6
2014	15,848	3,097	342	195.4	16.35	7.8
2015	15,639	2,846	326	182.0	15.40	7.4
2016	15,171	2,700	312	178.0	15.11	7.0
2017	14,525	2,130	291	146.6	12.79	5.6
2018	14,184	2,125	253	149.8	13.03	5.7
2019	13,553	2,283	260	168.4	14.42	6.2
2020	12,864	2,041	258	158.7	13.69	5.8
2021	12,514	1,751	195	139.9	12.27	4.9
2022	12,143	1,637	224	134.8	11.88	4.7
2023	11,125	1,667	217	149.8	13.03
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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