Abortion statistics and other data--Johnston`s Archive
Historical abortion statistics, Bosnia and Herzegovina
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 of childbearing age.
| year | live births | abortions, reported | abortions, residents, in country only | abortions, residents, obtained abroad | abortions, residents, total | miscarriages and abortions | fetal deaths | abortion ratio | abortion % | abortion rate, residents |
residents, in/out of country | all in country | residents, in/out of country | all in country |
| 1960 | 110499 | | | | | | 971 | | | | | |
| 1961 | 108076 | | | | | | 888 | | | | | |
| 1962 | 106826 | | | | | | 934 | | | | | |
| 1963 | 104240 | | | | | | 946 | | | | | |
| 1964 | 101147 | | | | | | 925 | | | | | |
| 1965 | 101351 | | | | | | 936 | | | | | |
| 1966 | 97689 | | | | | | 891 | | | | | |
| 1967 | 92972 | 25400 | (25400) | | (25400) | | 871 | 273.2 | 273.2 | 21.5 | 21.5 | |
| 1968 | 89134 | | | | | | 880 | | | | | |
| 1969 | 87687 | | | | | | 836 | | | | | |
| 1970 | 79296 | | | | | | 812 | | | | | |
| 1971 | 82694 | | | | | 28676 | 677 | | | | | |
| 1972 | 82068 | | | | | | 786 | | | | | |
| 1973 | 77896 | | | | | | 764 | | | | | |
| 1974 | 77833 | | | | | | 693 | | | | | |
| 1975 | 78844 | | | | | | 659 | | | | | |
| 1976 | 79061 | | | | | | 558 | | | | | |
| 1977 | 75669 | | | | | | 555 | | | | | |
| 1978 | 73306 | | | | | | 619 | | | | | |
| 1979 | 71120 | | | | | | 488 | | | | | |
| 1980 | 70928 | | | | | 46874 | 561 | | | | | |
| 1981 | 71031 | | | | | | 491 | | | | | |
| 1982 | 73375 | | | | | | 475 | | | | | |
| 1983 | 74296 | | | | | | 428 | | | | | |
| 1984 | 74539 | | | | | | 504 | | | | | |
| 1985 | 72722 | 58973 | (58973) | | (58973) | | 445 | 810.9 | 810.9 | 44.8 | 44.8 | |
| 1986 | 71203 | 61256 | (61256) | | (61256) | | 465 | 860.3 | 860.3 | 46.2 | 46.2 | |
| 1987 | 70898 | 67927 | (67927) | | (67927) | | 429 | 958.1 | 958.1 | 48.9 | 48.9 | |
| 1988 | 70711 | 67769 | (67769) | | (67769) | | 383 | 958.4 | 958.4 | 48.9 | 48.9 | |
| 1989 | 66809 | | | | | | 385 | | | | | |
| 1990 | 66952 | 66625 | (66625) | | (66625) | | 326 | 995.1 | 995.1 | 49.9 | 49.9 | |
| 1991 | 64769 | | | | | | 340 | | | | | |
| 1992 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 1993 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 1994 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 1995 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 1996 | 46594 | | | | | | 271 | | | | | |
| 1997 | 48397 | | | | | | 240 | | | | | |
| 1998 | 45007 | | | | | | 202 | | | | | |
| 1999 | 42464 | | | | | | 224 | | | | | |
| 2000 | 39563 | | | | | | 159 | | | | | |
| 2001 | 37717 | 1201 | (1201) | | (1201) | | 193 | 31.8 | 31.8 | 3.1 | 3.1 | |
| 2002 | 35394 | | | | | | 138 | | | | | |
| 2003 | 34835 | | | | | | 150 | | | | | |
| 2004 | 33748 | | | | | | 158 | | | | | |
| 2005 | 33572 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2006 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| year | live births | abortions, reported | abortions, residents, in country only | abortions, residents, obtained abroad | abortions, residents, total | miscarriages and abortions | fetal deaths | abortion ratio | abortion % | abortion rate, residents |
residents, in/out of country | all in country | residents, in/out of country | all in country |
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:
- Andolsek, Lidija, 1988, "Yugoslavia," in International Handbook on Abortion, ed. by Paul Sachdev, Greenwood Press (New York, NY), pp. 495-504.
- Council of Europe, 2004, "Bosnia and Herzegovina, 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/BOSTAB2.xls].
- Tietze, Christopher, 1976, "Incidence of legal abortion," in Liberalization of Abortion Laws: Implications, ed. by Abdel R. Omran, Carolina Population Center (Chapel Hill, NC), pp. 1-17.
- 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 12. Late foetal deaths and late foetal death ratios, by urban/rural residence: 2000-2004," 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/Table12.pdf].
- United Nations Development Programme, 2003, "Bosnia and Herzegovina Human Development Report/Millennium Development Goals 2003," UNDP, on line [http://hdr.undp.org/docs/reports/national/BIH_Bosnia_and_Hercegovina/Bosnia_and_Herzegovina_2003_en.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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