Historical abortion statistics, Belarus

Abortion statistics and other data--Johnston`s Archive

Historical abortion statistics, Belarus

compiled by Wm. Robert Johnston
last updated 11 October 2007

Definition of table data (see notes after table for additional information):

Live births.
Abortions, reported includes legal reported induced abortions.
Abortions, residents, in country only includes reported abortions obtained within the country by residents only.
Abortions, residents, obtained abroad includes reported abortions by country residents obtained in other countries.
Abortions, residents, total includes reported abortions by residents, obtained both within the country and abroad.
Fetal deaths generally includes fetal deaths or stillbirths of at least 20 weeks` gestation.
Miscarriages generally includes spontaneous fetal losses/ abortions, fetal deaths, or stillbirths, regardless of gestation period.
Abortion ratio is abortions per 1000 live births.
Abortion % is abortions as percentage of pregnancies (excluding fetal deaths/miscarriages).
Abortion rate is abortions per 1000 women ages 15-49.

year	live births	abortions, reported	abortions, residents, in country only	abortions, residents, obtained abroad	abortions, residents, total	miscarriages	fetal deaths	abortion ratio		abortion %		abortion rate, residents
year	live births	abortions, reported	abortions, residents, in country only	abortions, residents, obtained abroad	abortions, residents, total	miscarriages	fetal deaths	residents, in/out of country	all in country	residents, in/out of country	all in country	abortion rate, residents
1960	200200	170787	(170787)		(170787)		1713	853.1	853.1	46.0	46.0
1961	194200	178290	(178290)		(178290)		1709	918.1	918.1	47.9	47.9
1962	173900	185554	(185554)		(185554)		1710	1067.0	1067.0	51.6	51.6
1963	173889	191137	(191137)		(191137)		1609	1099.2	1099.2	52.4	52.4
1964	161794	200534	(200534)		(200534)		1502	1239.4	1239.4	55.3	55.3
1965	153865	205999	(205999)		(205999)		1494	1338.8	1338.8	57.2	57.2
1966	153400	203430	(203430)		(203430)		1632	1326.1	1326.1	57.0	57.0
1967	147500	203722	(203722)		(203722)		1428	1381.2	1381.2	58.0	58.0
1968	146095	198955	(198955)		(198955)		1507	1361.8	1361.8	57.7	57.7
1969	142652	191637	(191637)		(191637)		1344	1343.4	1343.4	57.3	57.3
1970	146676	187935	(187935)		(187935)		1320	1281.3	1281.3	56.2	56.2
1971	149135	190169	(190169)		(190169)		1365	1275.1	1275.1	56.0	56.0
1972	147813	185101	(185101)		(185101)		1356	1252.3	1252.3	55.6	55.6
1973	144729	193503	(193503)		(193503)		1314	1337.0	1337.0	57.2	57.2
1974	146876	194247	(194247)		(194247)		1418	1322.5	1322.5	56.9	56.9
1975	146517	194710	(194710)		(194710)		1484	1328.9	1328.9	57.1	57.1	92.4
1976	147900	199121	(199121)		(199121)		1458	1346.3	1346.3	57.4	57.4
1977	148963	202146	(202146)		(202146)		1337	1357.0	1357.0	57.6	57.6
1978	151053	201619	(201619)		(201619)		1395	1334.8	1334.8	57.2	57.2
1979	151800	203446	(203446)		(203446)		1258	1340.2	1340.2	57.3	57.3
1980	154432	201852	(201852)		(201852)		1322	1307.1	1307.1	56.7	56.7	93.7
1981	157899	202340	(202340)		(202340)		1192	1281.5	1281.5	56.2	56.2
1982	159364	198011	(198011)		(198011)		1206	1242.5	1242.5	55.4	55.4	92.2
1983	173510	207461	(207461)		(207461)		1204	1195.7	1195.7	54.5	54.5
1984	168749	210844	(210844)		(210844)		1239	1249.5	1249.5	55.5	55.5	98.4
1985	165034	200888	(200888)		(200888)		1267	1217.3	1217.3	54.9	54.9
1986	171611	171114	(171114)		(171114)		1271	997.1	997.1	49.9	49.9	79.2
1987	162937	163761	(163761)		(163761)		1247	1005.1	1005.1	50.1	50.1
1988	163193	140921	(140921)		(140921)		1156	863.5	863.5	46.3	46.3	100.3
1989	153449	256041	(256041)		(256041)		1011	1668.6	1668.6	62.5	62.5	101.9
1990	142167	260839	(260839)		(260839)		954	1834.7	1834.7	64.7	64.7	103.5
1991	132045	241138	(241138)		(241138)		876	1826.2	1826.2	64.6	64.6	95.5
1992	127971	240387	(240387)		(240387)		753	1878.4	1878.4	65.3	65.3	94.6
1993	117384	217957	(217957)		(217957)		595	1856.8	1856.8	65.0	65.0	84.8
1994	110599	212533	(212533)		(212533)		715	1921.7	1921.7	65.8	65.8	81.6
1995	101144	193280	(193280)		(193280)		645	1910.9	1910.9	65.6	65.6	75.4
1996	95798	174098	(174098)		(174098)		521	1817.3	1817.3	64.5	64.5	67.5
1997	89547	152660	(152660)		(152660)		526	1704.8	1704.8	63.0	63.0	56.9
1998	92645	145339	(145339)		(145339)		471	1568.8	1568.8	61.1	61.1	53.7
1999	92975	135824	(135824)		(135824)		422	1460.9	1460.9	59.4	59.4	49.6
2000	93691	121895	(121895)		(121895)		404	1301.0	1301.0	56.5	56.5	44.0
2001	91720	101402	(101402)		(101402)		423	1105.6	1105.6	52.5	52.5	36.1
2002	88743	89895	(89895)		(89895)	216	354	1013.0	1013.0	50.3	50.3	31.8
2003	88512	80174	(80174)		(80174)	218	495	905.8	905.8	47.5	47.5	35.0
2004	88943	71700	(71700)		(71700)	193	488	806.1	806.1	44.6	44.6	23.4
2005	90307	64655	(64655)		(64655)	148	465	715.9	715.9	41.7	41.7
2006
year	live births	abortions, reported	abortions, residents, in country only	abortions, residents, obtained abroad	abortions, residents, total	miscarriages	fetal deaths	abortion ratio		abortion %		abortion rate, residents
year	live births	abortions, reported	abortions, residents, in country only	abortions, residents, obtained abroad	abortions, residents, total	miscarriages	fetal deaths	residents, in/out of country	all in country	residents, in/out of country	all in country	abortion rate, residents

Notes:

Parenthetical figures are estimates, some of which are derived from reported data.
Abortion ratios, percentages, and rates may be based on a mix of data from different sources and thus may not represent a consistent time series.

Sources:

Council of Europe, 2004, "Belarus, Table 2: Births, deaths and legal abortions," in Recent Demographic Developments in Europe: Demographic Yearbook 2003, on line at COE [http://www.coe.int/t/e/social_cohesion/population/BELTAB2.xls].
Henshaw, Stanley K., Susheela Singh, and Taylor Haas, 1999, "Recent trends in abortion rates worldwide," International Family Planning Perspectives, 25(1):, on line at AGI [http://www.guttmacher.org/pubs/journals/2504499.html].
Sedgh, Gilda, Stanley K. Henshaw, Susheela Singh, Akinrinola Bankole, and Taylor Haas, Sept. 2007, "Legal abortion worldwide: incidence and recent trends," International Family Planning Perspectives, 33:106-116, on line at AGI [http://www.guttmacher.org/pubs/journals/3310607.html].
UNICEF Innocenti Research Centre, 2006, "TransMONEE 2006," in TransMONEE 2006 Database, UNICEF IRC (Florence, France), on line at UNICEF Innocenti Research Centre [http://www.unicef-icdc.org/resources/transmonee/2006/Tables_TransMONEE%202006.xls].
United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, 2000, "Table 5. Live births by age of mother, sex and urban/rural residence: 1948-1997," in United Nations Demographic Yearbook 1948-1997: Historical Supplement, United Nations (New York, NY), on line at United Nations Statistics Division [http://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic/products/dyb/DYBHist/HistTab05.pdf].
United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, 2006, "Table 13. Legally induced abortions: 1995-2004," in United Nations Demographic Yearbook 2004, United Nations (New York, NY), on line at United Nations Statistics Division [http://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic/products/dyb/DYB2004/Table13.pdf].
World Health Organization Regional Office for Europe, June 2007, "European health for all database (HFA-DB)," World Health Organization Regional Office for Europe, on line [http://data.euro.who.int/hfadb/].

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Last modified 11 October 2007.
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