Historical abortion statistics, Okinawa (Japan)

Abortion statistics and other data--Johnston`s Archive

Historical abortion statistics, Okinawa (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	9,491		4
1900	10,555		3
1901	11,607		2
1902	10,495		1
1903	11,153		10
1904	11,487		8
1905	10,766
1906	10,283		1
1907	10,634		5
1908	12,233		2
1909	10,676		6
1910	13,159		4
1911	10,980		5
1912	11,659		9
1913	11,724		7
1914	16,312		6
1915	10,805		1
1916	13,283		6
1917	13,953		8
1918	15,899		3
1919	12,917		15
1920	13,930		3
1921	14,821		7
1922	15,754		14
1923	14,342		8
1924	14,194		8
1925	14,531		9
1926	15,168		2
1927	14,909		6
1928	15,359		5
1929	15,306		4
1930	14,336		1
1931	14,176		4
1932	14,716		4
1933	14,993		3
1934	15,494		4
1935	16,413		1
1936	15,614		6
1937	15,785		4
1938	16,355		1
1939	15,616		2
1940	15,703		1
1941	17,013		7
1942	17,389		2
1943	18,104		7
1944
1945
1946
1947
1948
1949
1950
1951
1952
1953
1954
1955
1956
1957
1958
1959
1960
1961
1962
1963
1964
1965
1966
1967
1968
1969
1970
1971
1972
1973	23,077		475
1974	23,676		521
1975	22,371	2,013	550	90.0	8.26	7.6
1976	21,794		544
1977	21,493		585
1978	20,596		596
1979	20,497		524
1980	20,281	2,564	540	126.4	11.22	9.2
1981	19,744		604
1982	19,946		595
1983	20,038		589
1984	20,392		657
1985	20,657	3,198	629	154.8	13.41	11.1
1986	20,399		627
1987	19,475		636
1988	18,903		649
1989	18,111		672
1990	17,088	3,489	576	204.2	16.96	11.5
1991	17,637	3,487	617	197.7	16.51
1992	17,421	3,540	628	203.2	16.89
1993	17,154	3,369	616	196.4	16.42
1994	17,377	3,192	582	183.7	15.52
1995	16,751	2,898	528	173.0	14.75	9.0
1996	17,064	2,812	517	164.8	14.15
1997	16,614	2,846	533	171.3	14.62
1998	16,928	2,703	506	159.7	13.77
1999	16,680	2,924	607	175.3	14.92
2000	16,773	3,145	647	187.5	15.79	10.0
2001	17,169	3,358	630	195.6	16.36	10.3
2002	16,571	3,044	523	183.7	15.52	9.4
2003	16,303	3,191	554	195.7	16.37	9.8
2004	16,362	2,958	557	180.8	15.31	9.1
2005	16,115	3,044	583	188.9	15.89	9.5
2006	16,483	3,094	615	187.7	15.80	9.6
2007	16,588	2,849	630	171.8	14.66	8.9
2008	16,736	2,685	595	160.4	13.83	8.4
2009	16,744	2,598	580	155.2	13.43	8.2
2010	17,098	2,563	560	149.9	13.04	8.2
2011	16,918	2,594	556	153.3	13.29	8.3
2012	17,074	2,581	507	151.2	13.13	8.2
2013	17,209	2,556	443	148.5	12.93	8.2
2014	16,375	2,552	494	155.8	13.48	8.2
2015	16,942	2,465	423	145.5	12.70	8.0
2016	16,617	2,387	434	143.6	12.56	7.7
2017	16,218	2,346	428	144.7	12.64	7.6
2018	15,732	2,242	382	142.5	12.47	7.3
2019	14,902	2,163	370	145.1	12.68	7.1
2020	14,943	1,967	323	131.6	11.63	6.6
2021	14,535	1,756	367	120.8	10.78	5.8
2022	13,594	1,622	299	119.3	10.66	5.4
2023	12,549	1,711	312	136.3	12.00
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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