Abortion statistics and other data--Johnston`s Archive
Historical abortion statistics, Shandong (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 | 1,717,900 | | | |
| 1957 | | | | |
| 1958 | | | | |
| 1959 | | | | |
| 1960 | | | | |
| 1961 | | | | |
| 1962 | | | | |
| 1963 | | | | |
| 1964 | | | | |
| 1965 | 2,027,300 | | | |
| 1966 | | | | |
| 1967 | | | | |
| 1968 | | | | |
| 1969 | | | | |
| 1970 | | | | |
| 1971 | | | | |
| 1972 | 1,844,500 | | | |
| 1973 | 1,622,900 | | | |
| 1974 | 1,507,200 | | | |
| 1975 | 1,503,100 | | | |
| 1976 | 1,385,800 | | | |
| 1977 | 1,289,800 | | | |
| 1978 | 1,341,700 | | | |
| 1979 | 1,342,200 | | | |
| 1980 | 1,234,600 | | | |
| 1981 | 1,393,200 | | | |
| 1982 | | | | |
| 1983 | | | | |
| 1984 | | | | |
| 1985 | | | | |
| 1986 | | | | |
| 1987 | | | | |
| 1988 | 1,413,900 | 269,000 | 190.3 | 15.98 |
| 1989 | | | | |
| 1990 | 1,546,600 | 974,000 | 629.8 | 38.64 |
| 1991 | 1,319,800 | 1,095,000 | 829.7 | 45.35 |
| 1992 | 984,100 | 482,000 | 489.8 | 32.88 |
| 1993 | | | | |
| 1994 | 840,200 | 118,000 | 140.4 | 12.31 |
| 1995 | | | | |
| 1996 | 926,200 | 56,000 | 60.5 | 5.70 |
| 1997 | | | | |
| 1998 | 1,023,400 | | | |
| 1999 | | | | |
| 2000 | 1,024,000 | | | |
| 2001 | 1,005,400 | | | |
| 2002 | 1,014,500 | 456,390 | 449.9 | 31.03 |
| 2003 | 1,042,100 | 461,664 | 443.0 | 30.70 |
| 2004 | 1,147,500 | 439,218 | 382.8 | 27.68 |
| 2005 | 1,122,700 | 437,732 | 389.9 | 28.05 |
| 2006 | 1,079,800 | 415,396 | 384.7 | 27.78 |
| 2007 | 1,040,700 | 448,629 | 431.1 | 30.12 |
| 2008 | 1,059,400 | 510,598 | 482.0 | 32.52 |
| 2009 | 1,108,000 | 354,579 | 320.0 | 24.24 |
| 2010 | 1,117,000 | 328,360 | 294.0 | 22.72 |
| 2011 | 1,111,500 | 338,146 | 304.2 | 23.33 |
| 2012 | 1,155,300 | 335,160 | 290.1 | 22.49 |
| 2013 | 1,112,000 | 304,692 | 274.0 | 21.51 |
| 2014 | 1,395,700 | 511,051 | 366.2 | 26.80 |
| 2015 | 1,238,200 | 527,886 | 426.3 | 29.89 |
| 2016 | 1,784,200 | 556,490 | 311.9 | 23.77 |
| 2017 | 1,759,800 | 605,641 | 344.2 | 25.60 |
| 2018 | 1,336,200 | 676,026 | 505.9 | 33.60 |
| 2019 | 1,189,500 | 674,184 | 566.8 | 36.17 |
| 2020 | 870,100 | | | |
| 2021 | 750,500 | | | |
| 2022 | 681,900 | | | |
| 2023 | 608,400 | | | |
| 2024 | 647,100 | | | |
| 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]
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- (incomplete)
© 2026 by Wm. Robert Johnston.
Last modified 16 July 2026.
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