Historical abortion statistics, Okayama (Japan)

Abortion statistics and other data--Johnston`s Archive

Historical abortion statistics, Okayama (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	31,526		3,922
1900	31,808		3,949
1901	34,863		4,569
1902	34,953		4,654
1903	33,500		4,480
1904	31,717		4,200
1905	31,269		4,259
1906	31,075		4,339
1907	34,292		4,337
1908	36,490		4,141
1909	37,048		4,200
1910	36,662		3,896
1911	36,290		3,705
1912	36,861		3,691
1913	36,187		3,750
1914	36,504		3,731
1915	35,466		3,521
1916	35,016		3,206
1917	35,236		3,202
1918	34,028		3,101
1919	33,210		3,026
1920	39,726		3,300
1921	38,198		3,055
1922	36,710		2,813
1923	38,950		2,986
1924	36,631		2,707
1925	37,783		2,511
1926	39,861		2,613
1927	36,698		2,436
1928	38,772		2,544
1929	38,168		2,431
1930	37,447		2,467
1931	38,573		2,480
1932	40,557		2,464
1933	38,870		2,475
1934	34,322		2,192
1935	38,499		2,330
1936	37,389		2,264
1937	38,924		2,155
1938	32,051		1,874
1939	30,210		1,623
1940	34,063		1,660
1941	39,351		1,675
1942	37,540		1,455
1943	38,333		1,519
1944
1945
1946
1947	53,528		2,798
1948	52,375		3,417
1949	49,831		4,415
1950	40,364		4,615
1951	37,705		4,645
1952	32,907		3,779
1953	31,389		3,498
1954	29,044		3,280
1955	28,475	28,631	3,407	1,005.5	50.14	65.3
1956	29,020		3,138
1957	26,471		2,835
1958	28,042		3,042
1959	27,074		2,867
1960	25,315	37,475	2,582	1,480.3	59.68	83.1
1961	23,885		2,467
1962	24,323		2,318
1963	23,653		2,219
1964	24,649		2,255
1965	25,451	26,949	2,125	1,058.9	51.43	58.1
1966	18,904		1,880
1967	26,746		1,928
1968	26,828		1,898
1969	27,225		1,883
1970	28,717	22,482	1,934	782.9	43.91	47.4
1971	30,444		1,908
1972	31,255		1,916
1973	31,996		1,859
1974	31,373		1,719
1975	30,102	17,889	1,496	594.3	37.28	37.5
1976	28,432		1,593
1977	26,857		1,392
1978	26,052		1,248
1979	24,661		1,150
1980	24,463	15,687	1,073	641.3	39.07	33.5
1981	23,392		1,190
1982	23,594		1,222
1983	23,836		1,123
1984	23,645		1,081
1985	22,698	12,727	1,051	560.7	35.93	27.3
1986	21,934		955
1987	21,225		974
1988	20,355		967
1989	19,404		877
1990	19,117	10,519	796	550.2	35.49	22.3
1991	18,768	9,907	872	527.9	34.55
1992	18,823	9,086	744	482.7	32.56
1993	18,348	8,765	758	477.7	32.33
1994	19,085	8,113	705	425.1	29.83
1995	18,622	7,786	650	418.1	29.48	17.0
1996	19,143	7,186	615	375.4	27.29
1997	19,154	7,167	637	374.2	27.23
1998	19,204	6,790	682	353.6	26.12
1999	18,771	6,945	670	370.0	27.01
2000	19,059	6,856	600	359.7	26.46	16.3
2001	18,797	7,138	623	379.7	27.52	16.8
2002	18,509	6,525	634	352.5	26.06	15.5
2003	17,770	6,315	578	355.4	26.22	15.1
2004	17,655	5,743	560	325.3	24.54	13.8
2005	16,688	4,436	499	265.8	21.00	10.7
2006	17,279	5,097	523	295.0	22.78	12.5
2007	17,099	4,616	434	270.0	21.26	11.4
2008	17,044	4,362	426	255.9	20.38	10.9
2009	16,387	3,902	461	238.1	19.23	9.8
2010	16,759	3,655	418	218.1	17.90	9.3
2011	16,635	3,442	404	206.9	17.14	8.7
2012	16,279	3,052	357	187.5	15.79	7.8
2013	16,210	3,020	375	186.3	15.70	7.7
2014	15,837	2,807	354	177.2	15.06	7.3
2015	15,599	2,720	342	174.4	14.85	7.2
2016	15,477	2,562	325	165.5	14.20	6.7
2017	14,910	2,267	317	152.0	13.20	6.0
2018	14,485	2,294	288	158.4	13.67	6.2
2019	13,695	2,156	286	157.4	13.60	5.9
2020	13,521	2,114	267	156.3	13.52	6.0
2021	13,107	1,871	251	142.7	12.49	5.2
2022	12,371	1,824	239	147.4	12.85	5.2
2023	11,575	1,707	222	147.5	12.85
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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