Historical abortion statistics, Bulgaria

Abortion statistics and other data--Johnston`s Archive

Historical abortion statistics, Bulgaria

compiled by Wm. Robert Johnston
last updated 25 October 2008

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	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 and abortions	miscarriages	fetal deaths	residents, in/out of country	all in country	residents, in/out of country	all in country	abortion rate, residents
1948	175771
1949	177734
1950	182571
1951	152803
1952	154014
1953	153220	1100	(1100)		(1100)	16300			7.2	7.2	0.71	0.71	0.60
1954	149902	1100	(1100)		(1100)	17500			7.3	7.3	0.73	0.73	0.50
1955	150978	2200	(2200)		(2200)	19100			14.6	14.6	1.4	1.4	1.2
1956	147910	2000	(2000)		(2000)	40000			13.5	13.5	1.3	1.3	1.2
1957	141035	31700	(31700)		(31700)	14500			224.8	224.8	18.4	18.4	18.2
1958	138294	38100	(38100)		(38100)	17400			275.5	275.5	21.6	21.6	21.8
1959	136892	46200	(46200)		(46200)	18200			337.5	337.5	25.2	25.2	26.3
1960	140082	143155	(143155)		(143155)	19300		1737	1021.9	1021.9	50.5	50.5	31.6
1961	137861	169060	(169060)		(169060)	19900		1677	1226.3	1226.3	55.1	55.1	39.1
1962	134148	95842	(95842)		(95842)	21100		1597	714.4	714.4	41.7	41.7	42.3
1963	132143	101309	(101309)		(101309)	20500		1461	766.7	766.7	43.4	43.4	45.3
1964	130958	112310	(112310)		(112310)			1315	857.6	857.6	46.2	46.2	49.1
1965	125791	116079	(116079)		(116079)			1251	922.8	922.8	48.0	48.0	51.3
1966	123039	121060	(121060)		(121060)			1219	983.9	983.9	49.6	49.6	53.9
1967	124582	129972	(129972)		(129972)			1343	1043.3	1043.3	51.1	51.1	57.7
1968	141460	113755	(113755)		(113755)			1407	804.1	804.1	44.6	44.6	48.1
1969	143060	129852	(129852)		(129852)			1234	907.7	907.7	47.6	47.6	57.1
1970	138745	142511	(142511)		(142511)			1382	1027.1	1027.1	50.7	50.7	64.0
1971	135422	153687	(153687)		(153687)			1380	1134.9	1134.9	53.2	53.2	70.2
1972	131316	154715	(154715)		(154715)			1238	1178.2	1178.2	54.1	54.1	70.9
1973	139713	137439	(137439)		(137439)			1249	983.7	983.7	49.6	49.6	61.2
1974	149196	144509	(144509)		(144509)			1230	968.6	968.6	49.2	49.2	66.4
1975	144668	143450	(143450)		(143450)			1168	991.6	991.6	49.8	49.8	65.8
1976	144929	142267	(142267)		(142267)			1141	981.6	981.6	49.5	49.5	64.5
1977	141702	141917	(141917)		(141917)			1093	1001.5	1001.5	50.0	50.0	65.6
1978	136442	147974	(147974)		(147974)			1092	1084.5	1084.5	52.0	52.0	68.3
1979	135358	148084	(148084)		(148084)			971	1094.0	1094.0	52.2	52.2
1980	128190	156056	(156056)		(156056)	156056	15787	986	1217.4	1217.4	54.9	54.9	76.7
1981	124372	152531	(152531)		(152531)			761	1226.4	1226.4	55.1	55.1
1982	124166	147976	(147976)		(147976)			919	1191.8	1191.8	54.4	54.4	73.1
1983	122993	134413	(134413)		(134413)			863	1092.9	1092.9	52.2	52.2
1984	122303	131322	(131322)		(131322)			840	1073.7	1073.7	51.8	51.8	61.9
1985	118955	132269	(132269)		(132269)			785	1111.9	1111.9	52.6	52.6
1986	120078	134964	(134964)		(134964)			716	1124.0	1124.0	52.9	52.9	65.5
1987	116672	134097	(134097)		(134097)			720	1149.4	1149.4	53.5	53.5
1988	117440	133147	(133147)		(133147)			698	1133.7	1133.7	53.1	53.1	64.1
1989	112289	132021	(132021)		(132021)			644	1175.7	1175.7	54.0	54.0	62.7
1990	105180	144644	(144644)		(144644)	144644	12601	641	1375.2	1375.2	57.9	57.9	70.3
1991	95910	138405	(138405)		(138405)			612	1443.1	1443.1	59.1	59.1	67.6
1992	89134	132891	(132891)		(132891)			654	1490.9	1490.9	59.9	59.9	64.9
1993	84400	107416	(107416)		(107416)			587	1272.7	1272.7	56.0	56.0	55.0
1994	79442	97567	(97567)		(97567)			492	1228.2	1228.2	55.1	55.1	49.9
1995	71967	97092	(97092)		(97092)	97092	9851	458	1349.1	1349.1	57.4	57.4	50.0
1996	72188	98566	(98566)		(98566)			555	1365.4	1365.4	57.7	57.7	51.3
1997	61094	87896	(87896)		(87896)			484	1438.7	1438.7	59.0	59.0	43.1
1998	65361	79842	(79842)		(79842)			490	1221.6	1221.6	55.0	55.0	39.3
1999	72291	72382	(72382)		(72382)			540	1001.3	1001.3	50.0	50.0	35.8
2000	73679	61378	(61378)		(61378)	61378	10626	555	833.0	833.0	45.4	45.4	30.6
2001	68180	51165	(51165)		(51165)	51165	9826	500	750.4	750.4	42.9	42.9	26.2
2002	66499	50824	(50824)		(50824)	50824	11039	539	764.3	764.3	43.3	43.3	26.7
2003	67359	48035	(48035)		(48035)	48035	13343	549	713.1	713.1	41.6	41.6	25.4
2004	69886	47223	(47223)		(47223)			547	675.7	675.7	40.3	40.3	25.0
2005	71075	41795	(41795)		(41795)			565	588.0	588.0	37.0	37.0	22.3
2006	73978	37272	(37272)		(37272)			517	503.8	503.8	33.5	33.5	20.0
2007
2008
year	live births	abortions, reported	abortions, residents, in country only	abortions, residents, obtained abroad	abortions, residents, total	miscarriages and abortions	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 and abortions	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:

Callahan, Daniel, 1970, Abortion: Law, Choice and Morality, Macmillan Co. (New York, NY).
Council of Europe, 2004, "Bulgaria, 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/BGTAB2.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].
Ministry of Health National Center of Health Informatics, 2004, "Public Health Statistics, Annual, Bulgaria, 2003," on line, National Center of Public Health Protection [http://en.ncphp.government.bg/files/healthcare_4a.pdf].
Tietze, Christopher, 1969, "Induced abortion as a method of fertility control," in Fertility and Family Planning: A World View, ed. by S. J. Behrman, Leslie Corsa, Jr., and Ronald Freedman, Univ. of Michigan Press (Ann Arbor, MI), pp. 311-337.
Tietze, Christopher, ed., 1981, Induced Abortion: A World Review 1981, Population Council (New York, NY).
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].
UNICEF Innocenti Research Centre, May 2008, "TransMONEE 2008," in TransMONEE 2008 Database, UNICEF IRC (Florence, France), on line at UNICEF Innocenti Research Centre [http://www.unicef-irc.org/databases/transmonee/2008/Country_profiles.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].
United Nations Statistics Division, 21 Feb. 2008, "Live births by sex and urban/rural residence," on line at UNdata [http://data.un.org/Data.aspx?d=POP&f=tableCode%3a4].
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Last modified 25 October 2008.
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