Historical abortion statistics, Niigata (Japan)

Abortion statistics and other data--Johnston`s Archive

Historical abortion statistics, Niigata (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	53,652		4,468
1900	56,752		4,681
1901	58,925		5,102
1902	60,373		5,383
1903	59,438		5,473
1904	56,841		5,065
1905	56,864		4,796
1906	56,332		4,732
1907	61,936		4,985
1908	65,450		5,244
1909	66,681		5,369
1910	68,761		5,333
1911	69,481		5,259
1912	66,953		4,812
1913	67,112		4,738
1914	68,159		4,729
1915	68,656		4,544
1916	66,976		4,577
1917	65,431		4,406
1918	64,399		4,395
1919	64,476		4,129
1920	70,141		4,373
1921	70,005		4,391
1922	67,571		4,022
1923	68,894		3,964
1924	68,787		3,875
1925	70,171		3,789
1926	70,399		3,709
1927	68,859		3,429
1928	71,458		3,319
1929	68,494		3,290
1930	71,021		3,335
1931	70,596		3,203
1932	71,798		3,354
1933	70,303		3,266
1934	66,071		3,201
1935	71,303		3,242
1936	69,946		3,154
1937	70,135		3,099
1938	63,459		2,934
1939	60,619		2,760
1940	63,825		2,832
1941	65,759		2,914
1942	64,451		2,783
1943	65,423		2,806
1944
1945
1946
1947	86,204		3,908
1948	82,060		4,547
1949	84,178		6,582
1950	72,013		6,820
1951	65,383		6,506
1952	61,635		5,708
1953	56,067		5,039
1954	53,276		4,751
1955	51,566	34,049	4,560	660.3	39.77	54.2
1956	47,994		4,347
1957	44,162		4,272
1958	45,070		4,258
1959	42,539		3,913
1960	41,131	28,392	3,855	690.3	40.84	45.2
1961	38,872		3,801
1962	37,906		3,443
1963	38,447		3,397
1964	38,852		3,174
1965	40,261	21,109	2,799	524.3	34.40	32.8
1966	29,544		2,545
1967	41,605		2,589
1968	38,559		2,445
1969	38,104		2,466
1970	37,368	15,155	2,212	405.6	28.85	23.5
1971	37,857		2,235
1972	38,065		2,071
1973	39,158		1,830
1974	38,905		1,871
1975	37,524	14,180	1,787	377.9	27.43	22.9
1976	37,602		1,617
1977	36,186		1,692
1978	34,957		1,559
1979	34,239		1,293
1980	32,812	13,197	1,340	402.2	28.68	22.1
1981	31,540		1,223
1982	30,850		1,303
1983	30,657		1,177
1984	30,610		1,134
1985	29,200	12,850	1,147	440.1	30.56	22.6
1986	28,265		1,073
1987	26,891		991
1988	26,204		975
1989	25,264		890
1990	24,061	10,424	850	433.2	30.23	18.2
1991	24,084	9,489	865	394.0	28.26
1992	23,434	9,042	790	385.8	27.84
1993	23,462	8,636	749	368.1	26.91
1994	24,116	7,562	729	313.6	23.87
1995	22,694	7,111	629	313.3	23.86	12.9
1996	22,873	7,189	620	314.3	23.91
1997	22,484	7,081	622	314.9	23.95
1998	22,661	6,891	637	304.1	23.32
1999	21,812	7,012	687	321.5	24.33
2000	21,886	6,974	599	318.7	24.16	13.5
2001	21,301	6,627	577	311.1	23.73	12.8
2002	20,221	6,331	634	313.1	23.84	12.4
2003	19,719	5,897	571	299.1	23.02	11.6
2004	19,531	5,696	567	291.6	22.58	11.4
2005	18,505	5,269	529	284.7	22.16	10.8
2006	18,985	4,879	532	257.0	20.45	10.2
2007	18,724	4,493	476	240.0	19.35	9.5
2008	18,388	4,304	501	234.1	18.97	9.2
2009	17,948	3,873	442	215.8	17.75	8.4
2010	18,083	3,604	474	199.3	16.62	8.0
2011	17,667	3,458	432	195.7	16.37	7.7
2012	17,476	3,123	406	178.7	15.16	7.1
2013	17,066	3,077	405	180.3	15.28	7.0
2014	16,480	2,885	391	175.1	14.90	6.7
2015	16,340	2,721	349	166.5	14.28	6.4
2016	15,737	2,568	320	163.2	14.03	6.1
2017	14,967	2,441	291	163.1	14.02	5.9
2018	14,509	2,358	296	162.5	13.98	5.8
2019	13,640	2,296	279	168.3	14.41	5.8
2020	12,981	2,076	239	159.9	13.79	5.4
2021	12,608	1,741	262	138.1	12.13	4.6
2022	11,732	1,542	234	131.4	11.62	4.2
2023	10,916	1,490	249	136.5	12.01
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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