Historical abortion statistics, Yamanashi (Japan)

Abortion statistics and other data--Johnston`s Archive

Historical abortion statistics, Yamanashi (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	14,110		1,592
1900	16,008		1,862
1901	17,078		2,216
1902	16,617		2,177
1903	16,664		2,257
1904	15,916		2,077
1905	16,576		2,089
1906	14,836		2,306
1907	18,023		2,190
1908	18,308		2,355
1909	18,942		2,309
1910	19,313		2,224
1911	19,178		2,243
1912	18,915		2,187
1913	19,554		2,186
1914	20,271		2,114
1915	19,485		1,885
1916	20,192		1,868
1917	20,655		1,873
1918	20,245		1,868
1919	19,644		1,738
1920	21,909		1,850
1921	20,965		1,683
1922	20,386		1,581
1923	21,141		1,566
1924	21,276		1,430
1925	22,429		1,418
1926	19,772		1,425
1927	21,878		1,274
1928	21,694		1,298
1929	21,202		1,303
1930	20,925		1,307
1931	21,249		1,225
1932	21,599		1,290
1933	20,817		1,205
1934	20,372		1,165
1935	21,594		1,101
1936	20,342		1,176
1937	21,831		1,128
1938	19,652		981
1939	19,148		902
1940	20,714		837
1941	20,463		806
1942	20,210		730
1943	20,258		654
1944
1945
1946
1947	26,305		1,359
1948	24,816		1,492
1949	25,089		1,994
1950	21,366		2,238
1951	19,831		2,168
1952	18,464		2,040
1953	17,517		1,835
1954	16,331		1,817
1955	15,659	4,453	1,799	284.4	22.14	21.6
1956	15,237		1,825
1957	13,698		1,580
1958	14,013		1,588
1959	13,200		1,578
1960	12,787	4,528	1,512	354.1	26.15	22.5
1961	12,860		1,462
1962	12,161		1,386
1963	12,589		1,312
1964	12,320		1,158
1965	12,721	2,379	1,129	187.0	15.75	11.7
1966	9,567		981
1967	13,274		886
1968	12,777		882
1969	12,420		851
1970	12,269	2,306	808	188.0	15.82	11.3
1971	12,448		800
1972	12,427		804
1973	12,733		711
1974	12,120		643
1975	11,872	2,415	655	203.4	16.90	12.1
1976	11,613		630
1977	11,101		634
1978	10,765		553
1979	10,504		500
1980	10,014	1,920	465	191.7	16.09	9.8
1981	9,803		471
1982	9,859		482
1983	9,950		438
1984	9,815		442
1985	9,843	1,756	416	178.4	15.14	9.0
1986	8,995		380
1987	9,712		381
1988	9,068		410
1989	8,801		363
1990	8,582	1,631	339	190.0	15.97	8.0
1991	8,957	1,614	331	180.2	15.27
1992	8,891	1,449	341	163.0	14.01
1993	8,811	1,238	300	140.5	12.32
1994	9,292	1,725	266	185.6	15.66
1995	8,833	1,216	239	137.7	12.10	6.0
1996	8,949	1,333	246	149.0	12.96
1997	8,754	1,402	257	160.2	13.80
1998	8,578	1,301	270	151.7	13.17
1999	8,318	1,450	222	174.3	14.84
2000	8,374	1,384	266	165.3	14.18	7.3
2001	8,126	1,422	255	175.0	14.89	7.4
2002	7,919	1,305	262	164.8	14.15	6.8
2003	7,720	1,425	208	184.6	15.58	7.5
2004	7,527	1,336	238	177.5	15.07	7.1
2005	7,149	1,423	195	199.0	16.60	7.7
2006	7,094	1,284	176	181.0	15.33	7.0
2007	6,988	1,285	185	183.9	15.53	7.1
2008	6,908	1,124	152	162.7	13.99	6.3
2009	6,621	1,122	169	169.5	14.49	6.4
2010	6,651	899	161	135.2	11.91	5.2
2011	6,412	826	157	128.8	11.41	4.9
2012	6,336	810	148	127.8	11.34	4.8
2013	6,198	744	129	120.0	10.72	4.5
2014	6,063	804	143	132.6	11.71	5.0
2015	5,988	789	137	131.8	11.64	5.0
2016	5,819	794	101	136.4	12.01	5.1
2017	5,705	826	126	144.8	12.65	5.4
2018	5,556	791	145	142.4	12.46	5.3
2019	5,193	799	93	153.9	13.33	5.5
2020	5,184	776	103	149.7	13.02	5.5
2021	4,966	410	68	82.6	7.63	2.9
2022	4,759	684	81	143.7	12.57	4.8
2023	4,397	543	94	123.5	10.99
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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