Historical abortion statistics, Oita (Japan)

Abortion statistics and other data--Johnston`s Archive

Historical abortion statistics, Oita (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	22,883		891
1900	23,819		930
1901	24,097		1,138
1902	24,332		1,255
1903	23,977		1,317
1904	23,135		1,220
1905	22,814		1,164
1906	23,223		1,206
1907	25,281		1,353
1908	25,754		1,419
1909	26,054		1,535
1910	25,600		1,512
1911	27,006		1,563
1912	27,701		1,507
1913	26,960		1,426
1914	28,346		1,590
1915	28,025		1,476
1916	27,628		1,460
1917	28,075		1,521
1918	27,485		1,547
1919	25,963		1,310
1920	30,936		1,492
1921	29,851		1,685
1922	29,835		1,529
1923	31,902		1,582
1924	30,423		1,448
1925	32,334		1,432
1926	32,169		1,473
1927	30,823		1,289
1928	31,607		1,409
1929	31,892		1,426
1930	30,778		1,286
1931	32,197		1,385
1932	32,025		1,413
1933	32,350		1,417
1934	30,587		1,378
1935	32,262		1,386
1936	29,989		1,271
1937	33,265		1,196
1938	27,449		1,078
1939	26,841		1,165
1940	28,758		1,132
1941	31,346		1,285
1942	29,909		1,157
1943	29,814		1,121
1944
1945
1946
1947	42,330		1,957
1948	43,583		2,536
1949	42,200		3,094
1950	36,701		3,534
1951	33,701		3,545
1952	30,712		3,313
1953	28,819		3,208
1954	26,290		2,972
1955	26,429	16,430	3,025	621.7	38.34	50.8
1956	25,047		3,022
1957	21,893		2,881
1958	23,124		2,996
1959	22,212		2,859
1960	20,127	12,299	2,809	611.1	37.93	38.3
1961	19,461		2,691
1962	19,049		2,424
1963	18,794		2,487
1964	18,471		2,140
1965	18,534	9,988	1,980	538.9	35.02	30.7
1966	12,743		1,896
1967	19,395		1,939
1968	17,716		1,831
1969	17,618		1,734
1970	17,579	8,774	1,636	499.1	33.29	27.1
1971	18,361		1,683
1972	18,813		1,672
1973	19,171		1,535
1974	18,765		1,423
1975	18,336	9,606	1,406	523.9	34.38	30.2
1976	18,305		1,362
1977	17,776		1,420
1978	17,197		1,301
1979	16,969		1,157
1980	16,296	10,155	1,013	623.2	38.39	32.7
1981	15,509		1,077
1982	15,242		1,049
1983	15,317		982
1984	14,850		1,008
1985	14,420	8,863	974	614.6	38.07	30.4
1986	13,954		946
1987	13,351		799
1988	12,868		862
1989	12,189		697
1990	11,631	7,155	708	615.2	38.09	24.2
1991	11,817	6,857	666	580.3	36.72
1992	11,509	6,553	624	569.4	36.28
1993	11,301	5,983	526	529.4	34.62
1994	11,770	5,408	516	459.5	31.48
1995	11,125	5,347	475	480.6	32.46	19.2
1996	11,344	5,157	466	454.6	31.25
1997	11,103	5,215	444	469.7	31.96
1998	11,129	5,148	466	462.6	31.63
1999	10,714	4,937	446	460.8	31.54
2000	10,910	4,972	404	455.7	31.31	19.1
2001	10,891	4,672	401	429.0	30.02	18.0
2002	10,424	4,299	388	412.4	29.20	16.7
2003	10,213	4,180	397	409.3	29.04	16.5
2004	10,024	3,626	355	361.7	26.56	14.5
2005	9,780	3,474	308	355.2	26.21	14.1
2006	10,156	3,114	337	306.6	23.47	12.9
2007	10,162	2,901	257	285.5	22.21	12.1
2008	10,306	2,765	306	268.3	21.15	11.8
2009	9,961	2,492	282	250.2	20.01	10.7
2010	10,072	2,251	312	223.5	18.27	9.8
2011	9,988	2,146	301	214.9	17.69	9.4
2012	9,650	2,056	269	213.1	17.56	9.2
2013	9,605	1,973	274	205.4	17.04	8.9
2014	9,280	1,978	257	213.1	17.57	9.1
2015	9,113	1,914	286	210.0	17.36	8.9
2016	9,059	1,739	221	192.0	16.10	8.1
2017	8,658	1,599	196	184.7	15.59	7.6
2018	8,200	1,643	200	200.4	16.69	7.9
2019	7,624	1,473	193	193.2	16.19	7.2
2020	7,582	1,345	159	177.4	15.07	6.9
2021	7,327	1,124	141	153.4	13.30	5.7
2022	6,798	1,143	142	168.1	14.39	6.0
2023	6,259	1,122	132	179.3	15.20
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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