Historical abortion statistics, Nagasaki (Japan)

Abortion statistics and other data--Johnston`s Archive

Historical abortion statistics, Nagasaki (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	23,768		925
1900	24,837		1,148
1901	24,856		1,385
1902	25,856		1,580
1903	25,745		1,599
1904	25,409		1,574
1905	24,385		1,415
1906	25,343		1,547
1907	28,773		1,686
1908	29,749		1,749
1909	29,950		1,804
1910	30,282		1,867
1911	30,242		1,965
1912	30,284		1,967
1913	30,628		1,947
1914	31,478		2,042
1915	31,130		1,897
1916	33,146		2,024
1917	32,492		2,044
1918	34,106		2,141
1919	33,118		1,802
1920	37,167		2,186
1921	37,400		2,093
1922	37,623		1,961
1923	38,544		1,981
1924	37,345		1,872
1925	38,675		1,720
1926	38,368		1,804
1927	38,589		1,719
1928	38,663		1,676
1929	40,058		1,711
1930	38,310		1,743
1931	39,610		1,735
1932	41,483		1,812
1933	39,919		1,698
1934	39,138		1,699
1935	41,373		1,850
1936	39,876		1,593
1937	41,880		1,616
1938	37,924		1,511
1939	39,107		1,645
1940	41,348		1,668
1941	44,995		1,723
1942	42,956		1,600
1943	41,307		1,580
1944
1945
1946
1947	53,021		2,307
1948	57,451		2,903
1949	61,145		3,886
1950	54,602		4,837
1951	52,244		5,405
1952	50,609		5,213
1953	47,680		4,944
1954	45,067		4,665
1955	43,131	23,377	4,477	542.0	35.15	54.8
1956	40,498		4,264
1957	37,498		4,191
1958	39,619		4,372
1959	38,344		4,370
1960	36,508	16,682	4,244	456.9	31.36	39.0
1961	34,234		4,043
1962	31,859		3,729
1963	31,769		3,661
1964	30,349		3,435
1965	30,188	15,402	3,202	510.2	33.78	36.5
1966	23,508		3,277
1967	30,766		3,075
1968	28,570		2,946
1969	27,961		2,798
1970	26,720	15,732	2,693	588.8	37.06	37.5
1971	26,739		2,630
1972	26,813		2,438
1973	27,192		2,344
1974	26,476		2,066
1975	25,639	14,992	1,959	584.7	36.90	36.6
1976	24,450		1,870
1977	23,887		1,941
1978	23,823		1,671
1979	23,538		1,633
1980	22,232	13,022	1,544	585.7	36.94	32.6
1981	22,070		1,577
1982	21,707		1,579
1983	21,656		1,505
1984	21,345		1,492
1985	20,365	11,455	1,558	562.5	36.00	29.5
1986	19,946		1,381
1987	18,962		1,268
1988	18,233		1,145
1989	17,256		1,045
1990	16,517	9,750	879	590.3	37.12	25.8
1991	16,667	9,625	871	577.5	36.61
1992	16,036	8,710	815	543.2	35.20
1993	15,769	8,188	791	519.2	34.18
1994	15,952	7,501	760	470.2	31.98
1995	14,780	6,435	672	435.4	30.33	17.8
1996	15,182	5,910	662	389.3	28.02
1997	14,431	6,036	639	418.3	29.49
1998	14,672	5,689	615	387.7	27.94
1999	14,121	5,679	582	402.2	28.68
2000	14,098	5,695	656	404.0	28.77	16.9
2001	13,789	5,712	577	414.2	29.29	17.3
2002	13,260	5,203	592	392.4	28.18	16.0
2003	12,971	5,131	563	395.6	28.34	15.9
2004	12,947	4,490	533	346.8	25.75	14.2
2005	12,148	4,245	502	349.4	25.90	13.6
2006	12,410	3,892	488	313.6	23.87	13.0
2007	12,175	3,649	410	299.7	23.06	12.4
2008	12,173	3,319	376	272.7	21.42	11.4
2009	11,838	2,980	358	251.7	20.11	10.5
2010	12,004	2,771	362	230.8	18.75	10.1
2011	11,727	2,581	332	220.1	18.04	9.5
2012	11,723	2,483	325	211.8	17.48	9.3
2013	11,566	2,304	338	199.2	16.61	8.8
2014	11,323	2,312	302	204.2	16.96	9.0
2015	11,020	2,101	275	190.7	16.01	8.3
2016	10,886	1,983	247	182.2	15.41	8.0
2017	10,558	1,936	252	183.4	15.50	7.9
2018	10,135	1,850	227	182.5	15.44	7.7
2019	9,585	1,723	193	179.8	15.24	7.4
2020	9,182	1,589	192	173.1	14.75	7.0
2021	8,862	1,376	168	155.3	13.44	6.2
2022	8,364	1,256	133	150.2	13.06	5.8
2023	7,656	1,218	155	159.1	13.73
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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