Abortion statistics and other data--Johnston`s Archive
Historical abortion statistics, Hebei (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 | 1,197,500 | | | |
| 1957 | | | | |
| 1958 | | | | |
| 1959 | | | | |
| 1960 | | | | |
| 1961 | | | | |
| 1962 | | | | |
| 1963 | | | | |
| 1964 | | | | |
| 1965 | 1,499,300 | 120,000 | 80.0 | 7.41 |
| 1966 | | | | |
| 1967 | | | | |
| 1968 | | | | |
| 1969 | | | | |
| 1970 | | | | |
| 1971 | | | | |
| 1972 | 1,253,700 | 338,000 | 269.6 | 21.24 |
| 1973 | 1,014,500 | 304,000 | 299.7 | 23.06 |
| 1974 | 835,600 | 259,000 | 310.0 | 23.66 |
| 1975 | 765,000 | 245,000 | 320.3 | 24.26 |
| 1976 | 721,700 | 202,000 | 279.9 | 21.87 |
| 1977 | 775,700 | 240,000 | 309.4 | 23.63 |
| 1978 | 819,800 | 254,000 | 309.8 | 23.65 |
| 1979 | 820,800 | 402,000 | 489.8 | 32.88 |
| 1980 | 809,200 | 477,000 | 589.5 | 37.09 |
| 1981 | 1,037,600 | | | |
| 1982 | | | | |
| 1983 | | | | |
| 1984 | | | | |
| 1985 | | | | |
| 1986 | | | | |
| 1987 | | | | |
| 1988 | 1,177,500 | 141,000 | 119.7 | 10.69 |
| 1989 | | | | |
| 1990 | 1,260,100 | 718,000 | 569.8 | 36.30 |
| 1991 | 1,031,900 | 712,000 | 690.0 | 40.83 |
| 1992 | 962,000 | 385,000 | 400.2 | 28.58 |
| 1993 | | | | |
| 1994 | 953,700 | 248,000 | 260.0 | 20.64 |
| 1995 | | | | |
| 1996 | 898,000 | 90,000 | 100.2 | 9.11 |
| 1997 | | | | |
| 1998 | 854,600 | | | |
| 1999 | | | | |
| 2000 | 754,200 | | | |
| 2001 | 747,600 | | | |
| 2002 | 776,500 | 145,208 | 187.0 | 15.75 |
| 2003 | 773,700 | 144,766 | 187.1 | 15.76 |
| 2004 | 815,700 | 125,718 | 154.1 | 13.35 |
| 2005 | 879,700 | 131,548 | 149.5 | 13.01 |
| 2006 | 884,300 | 141,985 | 160.6 | 13.83 |
| 2007 | 925,500 | 158,506 | 171.3 | 14.62 |
| 2008 | 911,400 | 227,350 | 249.5 | 19.96 |
| 2009 | 909,500 | 143,665 | 158.0 | 13.64 |
| 2010 | 951,000 | 149,127 | 156.8 | 13.56 |
| 2011 | 941,600 | 130,555 | 138.7 | 12.18 |
| 2012 | 935,300 | 150,544 | 161.0 | 13.86 |
| 2013 | 950,400 | 155,805 | 163.9 | 14.08 |
| 2014 | 965,200 | 277,512 | 287.5 | 22.33 |
| 2015 | 833,700 | 330,296 | 396.2 | 28.38 |
| 2016 | 916,000 | 303,559 | 331.4 | 24.89 |
| 2017 | 978,000 | 304,029 | 310.9 | 23.71 |
| 2018 | 836,200 | 296,670 | 354.8 | 26.19 |
| 2019 | 806,500 | 366,156 | 454.0 | 31.22 |
| 2020 | 609,100 | | | |
| 2021 | 532,500 | | | |
| 2022 | 451,900 | | | |
| 2023 | 409,600 | | | |
| 2024 | 435,300 | | | |
| 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]
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- Ministry of Health (PRC), on line [http://www.moh.gov.cn/open/statistics/on_net_file_2005/s140.htm]
- Ministry of Health (PRC), on line [http://www.moh.gov.cn/open/statistics/year2004/p168.htm]
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- Office of Technology Assessment, 1982, World Population and Fertility Planning Technologies: The Next 20 Years, US GPO (Washington, DC), on line at FAS [http://www.fas.org/ota/reports/8235.pdf].
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- [https://data.stats.gov.cn/english/easyquery.htm?cn=E0103].
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- (incomplete)
© 2026 by Wm. Robert Johnston.
Last modified 16 July 2026.
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