Historical abortion statistics, Osaka (Japan)

Abortion statistics and other data--Johnston`s Archive

Historical abortion statistics, Osaka (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	46,206		4,047
1900	47,234		4,065
1901	51,493		4,765
1902	50,042		4,867
1903	50,097		4,786
1904	48,772		4,546
1905	47,715		4,673
1906	50,419		5,318
1907	57,839		5,840
1908	60,276		6,208
1909	59,552		5,878
1910	60,659		5,675
1911	62,156		5,422
1912	61,605		5,297
1913	60,504		5,320
1914	65,614		5,358
1915	61,689		4,914
1916	66,617		5,284
1917	65,394		5,466
1918	65,738		6,112
1919	69,066		5,819
1920	78,622		6,298
1921	79,837		6,467
1922	82,128		6,510
1923	86,555		6,840
1924	85,284		6,645
1925	86,494		6,360
1926	92,384		6,501
1927	88,603		6,125
1928	96,194		6,728
1929	91,229		6,713
1930	92,973		7,001
1931	93,253		6,964
1932	102,608		7,493
1933	97,112		7,210
1934	94,505		7,431
1935	105,202		7,971
1936	103,130		7,569
1937	106,339		8,069
1938	95,184		6,973
1939	99,364		7,463
1940	113,912		7,713
1941	136,884		8,221
1942	126,294		7,242
1943	128,118		6,849
1944
1945
1946
1947	103,782		5,665
1948	109,849		6,562
1949	109,780		9,495
1950	93,889		11,491
1951	87,482		11,546
1952	81,669		11,133
1953	78,714		11,071
1954	74,464		10,816
1955	73,374	65,802	10,455	896.8	47.28	50.7
1956	75,477		10,669
1957	74,994		11,038
1958	85,796		12,208
1959	88,404		12,660
1960	95,012	66,463	13,383	699.5	41.16	41.4
1961	101,318		14,611
1962	114,469		15,525
1963	121,396		15,762
1964	131,994		15,337
1965	147,249	63,218	15,140	429.3	30.04	31.6
1966	111,099		14,266
1967	158,482		14,595
1968	159,740		13,945
1969	163,995		13,735
1970	169,880	55,159	13,185	324.7	24.51	24.5
1971	175,049		12,624
1972	176,094		12,162
1973	174,330		10,998
1974	165,560		10,203
1975	150,653	53,640	9,350	356.0	26.26	23.0
1976	140,032		9,603
1977	132,172		8,361
1978	124,711		7,579
1979	115,990		7,140
1980	111,956	40,775	6,579	364.2	26.70	17.5
1981	106,456		7,170
1982	106,098		6,399
1983	105,432		6,066
1984	103,595		5,912
1985	100,328	35,254	5,430	351.4	26.00	14.9
1986	97,693		5,273
1987	94,828		5,178
1988	93,315		4,774
1989	88,468		4,334
1990	86,840	28,855	4,368	332.3	24.94	12.1
1991	86,795	26,839	3,850	309.2	23.62
1992	86,658	24,739	3,726	285.5	22.21
1993	84,151	22,643	3,438	269.1	21.20
1994	88,419	21,793	3,227	246.5	19.77
1995	86,076	19,739	2,974	229.3	18.65	8.6
1996	89,291	19,155	2,929	214.5	17.66
1997	89,043	19,613	3,055	220.3	18.05
1998	90,324	19,269	2,975	213.3	17.58
1999	88,385	19,488	2,821	220.5	18.07
2000	88,163	19,828	2,760	224.9	18.36	9.5
2001	86,000	20,659	2,747	240.2	19.37	9.9
2002	83,883	20,184	2,703	240.6	19.40	9.8
2003	81,001	20,466	2,370	252.7	20.17	10.0
2004	79,719	19,757	2,463	247.8	19.86	9.7
2005	76,111	19,507	2,214	256.3	20.40	9.6
2006	77,641	19,121	2,150	246.3	19.76	9.6
2007	76,914	18,596	2,109	241.8	19.47	9.3
2008	77,400	17,851	1,852	230.6	18.74	9.0
2009	75,250	16,603	1,893	220.6	18.08	8.4
2010	75,080	16,008	1,907	213.2	17.57	8.1
2011	73,919	15,153	1,784	205.0	17.01	7.6
2012	73,012	15,121	1,723	207.1	17.16	7.7
2013	72,054	14,468	1,661	200.8	16.72	7.4
2014	69,968	14,459	1,621	206.7	17.13	7.4
2015	70,596	13,739	1,519	194.6	16.29	7.2
2016	68,817	14,073	1,480	204.5	16.98	7.3
2017	66,605	13,637	1,415	204.7	16.99	7.1
2018	65,446	13,181	1,410	201.4	16.76	7.0
2019	62,557	13,252	1,339	211.8	17.48	7.1
2020	61,878	11,934	1,247	192.9	16.17	6.6
2021	59,780	11,599	1,178	194.0	16.25	6.4
2022	57,315	11,721	1,103	204.5	16.98	6.5
2023	55,292	13,262	1,101	239.9	19.35
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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