Abortion statistics and other data--Johnston`s Archive
Historical abortion statistics, Jiangxi (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 | 524,600 | | | |
| 1957 | | | | |
| 1958 | | | | |
| 1959 | | | | |
| 1960 | | | | |
| 1961 | | | | |
| 1962 | | | | |
| 1963 | | | | |
| 1964 | | | | |
| 1965 | 858,400 | | | |
| 1966 | | | | |
| 1967 | | | | |
| 1968 | | | | |
| 1969 | | | | |
| 1970 | | | | |
| 1971 | | | | |
| 1972 | 866,200 | | | |
| 1973 | 1,010,700 | | | |
| 1974 | 971,900 | | | |
| 1975 | 1,008,700 | | | |
| 1976 | 970,900 | | | |
| 1977 | 923,200 | | | |
| 1978 | 859,700 | | | |
| 1979 | 677,100 | | | |
| 1980 | 606,900 | | | |
| 1981 | 674,700 | 223,000 | 330.5 | 24.84 |
| 1982 | | | | |
| 1983 | | | | |
| 1984 | | | | |
| 1985 | | | | |
| 1986 | | | | |
| 1987 | | | | |
| 1988 | 714,200 | 71,000 | 99.4 | 9.04 |
| 1989 | | | | |
| 1990 | 936,900 | 309,000 | 329.8 | 24.80 |
| 1991 | 819,400 | 336,000 | 410.1 | 29.08 |
| 1992 | 764,200 | 390,000 | 510.3 | 33.79 |
| 1993 | | | | |
| 1994 | 778,100 | 233,000 | 299.4 | 23.04 |
| 1995 | | | | |
| 1996 | 719,600 | 245,000 | 340.5 | 25.40 |
| 1997 | | | | |
| 1998 | 706,200 | | | |
| 1999 | | | | |
| 2000 | 645,200 | | | |
| 2001 | 646,300 | | | |
| 2002 | 622,300 | 145,032 | 233.1 | 18.90 |
| 2003 | 598,500 | 135,106 | 225.7 | 18.42 |
| 2004 | 583,100 | 121,480 | 208.3 | 17.24 |
| 2005 | 594,500 | 140,238 | 235.9 | 19.09 |
| 2006 | 598,800 | 159,064 | 265.6 | 20.99 |
| 2007 | 605,400 | 148,854 | 245.9 | 19.74 |
| 2008 | 612,500 | 211,830 | 345.8 | 25.70 |
| 2009 | 614,700 | 130,458 | 212.2 | 17.51 |
| 2010 | 612,200 | 115,444 | 188.6 | 15.87 |
| 2011 | 603,100 | 128,369 | 212.8 | 17.55 |
| 2012 | 602,300 | 125,543 | 208.4 | 17.25 |
| 2013 | 590,400 | 133,871 | 226.7 | 18.48 |
| 2014 | 593,200 | 263,790 | 444.7 | 30.78 |
| 2015 | 592,000 | 257,636 | 435.2 | 30.32 |
| 2016 | 604,700 | 268,617 | 444.2 | 30.76 |
| 2017 | 622,100 | 279,137 | 448.7 | 30.97 |
| 2018 | 606,100 | 304,013 | 501.6 | 33.40 |
| 2019 | 568,600 | 305,787 | 537.8 | 34.97 |
| 2020 | 428,400 | | | |
| 2021 | 376,700 | | | |
| 2022 | 325,600 | | | |
| 2023 | 294,400 | | | |
| 2024 | 299,400 | | | |
| 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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- 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/year2004/p168.htm]
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- (incomplete)
© 2026 by Wm. Robert Johnston.
Last modified 16 July 2026.
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