Abortion statistics and other data--Johnston`s Archive
Historical abortion statistics, Guizhou (PR China)
compiled by Wm. Robert Johnston
last updated 16 July 2026
Definition of table data (see notes after table for additional information):
- Abortions, all to residents include all abortions obtained by prefecture residents.
- Abortion ratio is abortions per 1000 live births.
- Abortion % is abortions as percentage of pregnancies (excluding fetal deaths/miscarriages).
| year | live births | abortions | abortion ratio | abortion % |
|---|
| all to residents | all to residents | all to residents |
|---|
| 1956 | 527,800 | | | |
| 1957 | | | | |
| 1958 | | | | |
| 1959 | | | | |
| 1960 | | | | |
| 1961 | | | | |
| 1962 | | | | |
| 1963 | | | | |
| 1964 | | | | |
| 1965 | 909,600 | 18,000 | 19.8 | 1.94 |
| 1966 | | | | |
| 1967 | | | | |
| 1968 | | | | |
| 1969 | | | | |
| 1970 | | | | |
| 1971 | | | | |
| 1972 | 933,900 | | | |
| 1973 | 971,500 | | | |
| 1974 | 1,004,100 | | | |
| 1975 | 1,015,200 | | | |
| 1976 | 917,200 | | | |
| 1977 | 838,800 | | | |
| 1978 | 768,800 | | | |
| 1979 | 734,400 | | | |
| 1980 | 685,800 | | | |
| 1981 | 670,500 | | | |
| 1982 | | | | |
| 1983 | | | | |
| 1984 | | | | |
| 1985 | | | | |
| 1986 | | | | |
| 1987 | | | | |
| 1988 | 744,500 | 45,000 | 60.4 | 5.70 |
| 1989 | | | | |
| 1990 | 754,600 | 287,000 | 380.3 | 27.55 |
| 1991 | 743,200 | 305,000 | 410.4 | 29.10 |
| 1992 | 752,900 | 309,000 | 410.4 | 29.10 |
| 1993 | | | | |
| 1994 | 792,600 | 309,000 | 389.9 | 28.05 |
| 1995 | | | | |
| 1996 | 783,900 | 282,000 | 359.7 | 26.46 |
| 1997 | | | | |
| 1998 | 805,500 | | | |
| 1999 | | | | |
| 2000 | 773,400 | | | |
| 2001 | 705,100 | | | |
| 2002 | 689,100 | 69,499 | 100.9 | 9.16 |
| 2003 | 615,700 | 60,888 | 98.9 | 9.00 |
| 2004 | 588,700 | 63,793 | 108.4 | 9.78 |
| 2005 | 544,200 | 49,993 | 91.9 | 8.41 |
| 2006 | 515,500 | 44,636 | 86.6 | 7.97 |
| 2007 | 482,300 | 49,515 | 102.7 | 9.31 |
| 2008 | 485,100 | 58,581 | 120.8 | 10.77 |
| 2009 | 482,800 | 37,293 | 77.2 | 7.17 |
| 2010 | 485,700 | 25,725 | 53.0 | 5.03 |
| 2011 | 469,800 | 37,097 | 79.0 | 7.32 |
| 2012 | 476,000 | 42,918 | 90.2 | 8.27 |
| 2013 | 474,000 | 41,361 | 87.3 | 8.03 |
| 2014 | 477,300 | 75,963 | 159.2 | 13.73 |
| 2015 | 482,000 | 109,270 | 226.7 | 18.48 |
| 2016 | 504,700 | 96,183 | 190.6 | 16.01 |
| 2017 | 531,700 | 119,686 | 225.1 | 18.37 |
| 2018 | 531,300 | 102,129 | 192.2 | 16.12 |
| 2019 | 525,300 | 156,207 | 297.4 | 22.92 |
| 2020 | 528,500 | | | |
| 2021 | 468,800 | | | |
| 2022 | 425,300 | | | |
| 2023 | 411,600 | | | |
| 2024 | 414,600 | | | |
| 2025 | | | | |
| year | live births | abortions | abortion ratio | abortion % |
|---|
| all to residents | all to residents | all to residents |
|---|
Notes:
- Live births are estimated from reported populations and raw birth rates.
- Abortion data are generally estimated from reported abortion ratios and estimated live births and may be incomplete.
Sources:
- China Training Center, Reproductive Health and Family Care, 2011, "Total national family planning procedures performed (1971-2009)," CTC, on line [http://www.ctc-health.org.cn/file/2011shoushu.pdf].
- GSWS (PRC), on line [http://www.gsws.gov.cn/...3/.../20100316201139457.xls]
- Ministry of Health (PRC), on line [http://www.moh.gov.cn/publicfiles/business/htmlfiles/zwgkzt/ptjnj/year2010/2010t7/sheet007.htm]
- Ministry of Health (PRC), on line [http://www.moh.gov.cn/open/statistics/year2007/p196.htm]
- Ministry of Health (PRC), on line [http://www.moh.gov.cn/open/statistics/year2006/p204.htm]
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- Ministry of Health (PRC), on line [http://www.moh.gov.cn/open/statistics/year2004/p168.htm]
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- (incomplete)
© 2026 by Wm. Robert Johnston.
Last modified 16 July 2026.
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