Abortion statistics and other data--Johnston`s Archive
Historical abortion statistics, Hubei (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 | 811,900 | | | |
| 1957 | | | | |
| 1958 | | | | |
| 1959 | | | | |
| 1960 | | | | |
| 1961 | | | | |
| 1962 | | | | |
| 1963 | | | | |
| 1964 | | | | |
| 1965 | 1,230,100 | | | |
| 1966 | | | | |
| 1967 | | | | |
| 1968 | | | | |
| 1969 | | | | |
| 1970 | | | | |
| 1971 | | | | |
| 1972 | 1,216,700 | | | |
| 1973 | 1,113,200 | | | |
| 1974 | 985,400 | | | |
| 1975 | 914,200 | | | |
| 1976 | 894,200 | | | |
| 1977 | 884,700 | | | |
| 1978 | 854,100 | | | |
| 1979 | 920,500 | | | |
| 1980 | 953,700 | | | |
| 1981 | 956,100 | 698,000 | 730.0 | 42.20 |
| 1982 | | | | |
| 1983 | | | | |
| 1984 | | | | |
| 1985 | | | | |
| 1986 | | | | |
| 1987 | | | | |
| 1988 | 989,300 | 158,000 | 159.7 | 13.77 |
| 1989 | | | | |
| 1990 | 1,174,800 | 493,000 | 419.6 | 29.56 |
| 1991 | 1,141,000 | 548,000 | 480.3 | 32.45 |
| 1992 | 1,063,000 | 489,000 | 460.0 | 31.51 |
| 1993 | | | | |
| 1994 | 1,039,100 | 384,000 | 369.6 | 26.98 |
| 1995 | | | | |
| 1996 | 936,700 | 225,000 | 240.2 | 19.37 |
| 1997 | | | | |
| 1998 | 743,100 | | | |
| 1999 | | | | |
| 2000 | 548,200 | | | |
| 2001 | 481,500 | | | |
| 2002 | 475,300 | 260,215 | 547.5 | 35.38 |
| 2003 | 469,600 | 259,274 | 552.1 | 35.57 |
| 2004 | 480,300 | 242,600 | 505.1 | 33.56 |
| 2005 | 499,100 | 249,951 | 500.8 | 33.37 |
| 2006 | 516,900 | 260,917 | 504.8 | 33.54 |
| 2007 | 523,700 | 272,876 | 521.1 | 34.26 |
| 2008 | 526,000 | 298,830 | 568.1 | 36.23 |
| 2009 | 542,300 | 227,222 | 419.0 | 29.53 |
| 2010 | 593,400 | 226,610 | 381.9 | 27.64 |
| 2011 | 598,500 | 239,284 | 399.8 | 28.56 |
| 2012 | 635,900 | 231,452 | 364.0 | 26.68 |
| 2013 | 642,400 | 226,446 | 352.5 | 26.06 |
| 2014 | 689,800 | 282,959 | 410.2 | 29.09 |
| 2015 | 628,300 | 338,638 | 539.0 | 35.02 |
| 2016 | 708,600 | 340,079 | 479.9 | 32.43 |
| 2017 | 743,900 | 356,231 | 478.9 | 32.38 |
| 2018 | 682,800 | 357,466 | 523.5 | 34.36 |
| 2019 | 672,700 | 345,408 | 513.5 | 33.93 |
| 2020 | 475,700 | | | |
| 2021 | 406,900 | | | |
| 2022 | 355,300 | | | |
| 2023 | 319,900 | | | |
| 2024 | 313,900 | | | |
| 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.
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- GSWS (PRC), on line [http://www.gsws.gov.cn/...3/.../20100316201139457.xls]
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- (incomplete)
© 2026 by Wm. Robert Johnston.
Last modified 16 July 2026.
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