Historical abortion statistics, Saitama (Japan)

Abortion statistics and other data--Johnston`s Archive

Historical abortion statistics, Saitama (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	38,613		7,153
1900	38,347		7,018
1901	42,055		7,668
1902	40,571		7,522
1903	40,438		7,341
1904	38,434		7,091
1905	42,219		6,900
1906	34,671		7,015
1907	43,371		7,298
1908	42,508		7,302
1909	44,971		7,345
1910	43,895		6,812
1911	45,426		6,308
1912	46,147		6,036
1913	48,497		6,046
1914	49,139		5,813
1915	48,879		5,520
1916	47,094		5,094
1917	49,158		4,994
1918	47,205		4,744
1919	47,850		4,522
1920	51,375		4,989
1921	50,078		4,505
1922	48,915		4,221
1923	52,036		4,287
1924	49,857		3,937
1925	51,954		4,034
1926	53,467		3,988
1927	50,936		3,677
1928	51,455		3,758
1929	49,311		3,482
1930	49,640		3,604
1931	51,042		3,539
1932	50,731		3,532
1933	50,606		3,358
1934	47,860		3,204
1935	53,679		3,494
1936	50,777		3,150
1937	51,690		3,217
1938	45,960		2,780
1939	45,509		2,698
1940	49,211		2,961
1941	52,296		2,887
1942	51,047		2,698
1943	54,099		2,890
1944
1945
1946
1947	77,234		3,713
1948	70,261		3,906
1949	71,423		4,629
1950	62,558		5,040
1951	56,251		4,854
1952	53,652		4,661
1953	48,783		4,351
1954	47,051		4,281
1955	47,813	13,716	4,233	286.9	22.29	23.5
1956	43,317		4,041
1957	41,908		3,763
1958	43,369		4,033
1959	42,914		3,904
1960	43,421	12,486	3,794	287.6	22.33	19.2
1961	44,159		3,862
1962	46,949		4,071
1963	52,067		4,146
1964	58,323		4,191
1965	66,585	11,652	4,237	175.0	14.89	13.6
1966	51,453		3,917
1967	80,712		4,324
1968	79,437		4,192
1969	84,619		4,177
1970	91,113	17,171	4,277	188.5	15.86	15.6
1971	97,487		4,429
1972	102,046		4,423
1973	106,008		4,244
1974	102,581		3,964
1975	96,033	20,806	3,795	216.7	17.81	15.7
1976	91,629		3,835
1977	87,636		3,387
1978	84,493		3,159
1979	80,546		3,034
1980	75,090	19,499	2,792	259.7	20.61	13.4
1981	73,917		2,939
1982	72,689		2,847
1983	71,144		2,631
1984	69,556		2,731
1985	67,260	18,338	2,630	272.6	21.42	11.6
1986	64,392		2,528
1987	64,496		2,537
1988	65,396		2,382
1989	63,419		2,326
1990	63,299	17,579	2,324	277.7	21.74	10.1
1991	65,928	16,175	2,170	245.3	19.70
1992	65,219	15,476	2,208	237.3	19.18
1993	66,268	15,531	2,094	234.4	18.99
1994	69,776	13,745	2,072	197.0	16.46
1995	67,750	10,577	1,944	156.1	13.50	6.0
1996	68,695	13,349	1,930	194.3	16.27
1997	67,585	13,002	1,980	192.4	16.13
1998	67,144	13,350	1,940	198.8	16.59
1999	65,711	13,714	1,888	208.7	17.27
2000	66,376	13,908	1,907	209.5	17.32	8.3
2001	65,417	12,574	1,834	192.2	16.12	7.6
2002	64,762	13,883	1,853	214.4	17.65	8.5
2003	63,224	15,543	1,728	245.8	19.73	9.6
2004	61,946	12,876	1,726	207.9	17.21	8.0
2005	59,731	12,720	1,637	213.0	17.56	8.0
2006	61,201	13,173	1,602	215.2	17.71	8.4
2007	60,818	10,368	1,580	170.5	14.56	6.6
2008	60,520	12,499	1,452	206.5	17.12	8.0
2009	59,725	10,423	1,400	174.5	14.86	4.5
2010	59,437	9,982	1,375	167.9	14.38	6.3
2011	58,059	8,387	1,393	144.5	12.62	5.3
2012	56,943	7,975	1,390	140.1	12.28	5.1
2013	57,470	6,807	1,401	118.4	10.59	4.4
2014	55,765	6,725	1,382	120.6	10.76	4.3
2015	56,078	7,072	1,350	126.1	11.20	4.6
2016	54,452	6,158	1,181	113.1	10.16	4.0
2017	53,076	5,906	1,213	111.3	10.01	3.9
2018	51,241	5,982	1,130	116.7	10.45	3.9
2019	48,298	5,709	1,123	118.2	10.57	3.8
2020	47,328	5,037	1,012	106.4	9.62	3.5
2021	45,424	5,490	929	120.9	10.78	3.7
2022	43,451	4,513	900	103.9	9.41	3.1
2023	42,108	5,001	955	118.8	10.62
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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