Historical abortion statistics, Bulgaria

Abortion statistics and other data--Johnston`s Archive

Historical abortion statistics, Bulgaria

compiled by Wm. Robert Johnston
last updated 3 July 2022

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

Live births.
Abortions, reported includes legal reported induced abortions.
Abortions (AWR) are combined reported and estimated abortion occurrences from the Abortion Worldwide Report and working papers.
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, residents is abortions by residency per 1000 women of childbearing age.
Abortion rate, occurrences (AWR) is abortion occurrences from Abortion Worldwide Report figures per 1000 women ages 15-39.

Bulgaria regional level data also available here.

year	live births	abortions, reported	abortions (AWR)	abortions, residents, in country only	abortions, residents, obtained abroad	abortions, residents, total	miscarriages and abortions	miscarriages	fetal deaths	abortion ratio		abortion %		abortion rate, residents	abortion rate, occurences (AWR)
year	live births	abortions, reported	abortions (AWR)	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	abortion rate, occurences (AWR)
1948	175,771
1949	177,734
1950	182,571
1951	152,803
1952	154,014
1953	153,220	1,100	1,100	(1,100)		1,100	16,300			7.2	7.2	0.71	0.71	0.6
1954	149,902	1,100	1,100	(1,100)		1,100	17,500			7.3	7.3	0.73	0.73	0.5
1955	150,978	2,200	2,200	(2,200)		2,200	19,100			14.6	14.6	1.44	1.44	1.2
1956	147,910	2,000	2,000	(2,000)		2,000	40,000			13.5	13.5	1.33	1.33	1.2
1957	141,035	31,700	31,700	(31,700)		31,700	14,500			224.8	224.8	18.35	18.35	18.2
1958	138,294	38,100	38,100	(38,100)		38,100	17,400			275.5	275.5	21.60	21.60	21.8
1959	136,892	46,200	46,200	(46,200)		46,200	18,200			337.5	337.5	25.23	25.23	26.3
1960	140,082	143,155	143,155	(143,155)		143,155	19,300		1,737	1,021.9	1,021.9	50.54	50.54	31.6
1961	137,861	169,060	169,060	(169,060)		169,060	19,900		1,677	1,226.3	1,226.3	55.08	55.08	39.1
1962	134,148	95,842	95,842	(95,842)		95,842	21,100		1,597	714.4	714.4	41.67	41.67	42.3
1963	132,143	101,309	101,309	(101,309)		101,309	20,500		1,461	766.7	766.7	43.40	43.40	45.3
1964	130,958	112,310	112,310	(112,310)		112,310			1,315	857.6	857.6	46.17	46.17	49.1
1965	125,791	116,079	116,079	(116,079)		116,079			1,251	922.8	922.8	47.99	47.99	51.3
1966	123,039	121,060	121,060	(121,060)		121,060			1,219	983.9	983.9	49.59	49.59	53.9
1967	124,582	129,972	129,972	(129,972)		129,972			1,343	1,043.3	1,043.3	51.06	51.06	57.7
1968	141,460	113,755	113,755	(113,755)		113,755			1,407	804.1	804.1	44.57	44.57	48.1
1969	143,060	129,852	129,852	(129,852)		129,852			1,234	907.7	907.7	47.58	47.58	57.1
1970	138,745	142,511	142,511	(142,511)		142,511			1,382	1,027.1	1,027.1	50.67	50.67	64.0
1971	135,422	153,687	153,687	(153,687)		153,687			1,380	1,134.9	1,134.9	53.16	53.16	70.2
1972	131,316	154,715	154,715	(154,715)		154,715			1,238	1,178.2	1,178.2	54.09	54.09	70.9
1973	139,713	137,439	137,439	(137,439)		137,439			1,249	983.7	983.7	49.59	49.59	61.2
1974	149,196	144,509	144,509	(144,509)		144,509			1,230	968.6	968.6	49.20	49.20	66.4
1975	144,668	143,450	143,450	(143,450)		143,450			1,168	991.6	991.6	49.79	49.79	65.8
1976	144,929	142,267	142,267	(142,267)		142,267			1,141	981.6	981.6	49.54	49.54	64.5
1977	141,702	141,917	141,917	(141,917)		141,917			1,093	1,001.5	1,001.5	50.04	50.04	65.6
1978	136,442	147,974	147,974	(147,974)		147,974			1,092	1,084.5	1,084.5	52.03	52.03	68.3
1979	135,358	148,084	148,084	(148,084)		148,084			971	1,094.0	1,094.0	52.24	52.24
1980	128,190	156,056	156,056	(156,056)		156,056	156,056	15,787	986	1,217.4	1,217.4	54.90	54.90	76.7
1981	124,372	152,531	152,531	(152,531)		152,531			761	1,226.4	1,226.4	55.08	55.08
1982	124,166	147,976	147,976	(147,976)		147,976			919	1,191.8	1,191.8	54.37	54.37	73.1
1983	122,993	134,413	134,413	(134,413)		134,413			863	1,092.9	1,092.9	52.22	52.22
1984	122,303	131,322	131,322	(131,322)		131,322			840	1,073.7	1,073.7	51.78	51.78	61.9
1985	118,955	132,269	132,269	(132,269)		132,269			785	1,111.9	1,111.9	52.65	52.65
1986	120,078	134,964	134,964	(134,964)		134,964			716	1,124.0	1,124.0	52.92	52.92	65.5
1987	116,672	134,097	134,097	(134,097)		134,097			720	1,149.4	1,149.4	53.47	53.47
1988	117,440	133,147	133,147	(133,147)		133,147			698	1,133.7	1,133.7	53.13	53.13	64.1
1989	112,289	132,021	132,021	(132,021)		132,021			644	1,175.7	1,175.7	54.04	54.04	62.7
1990	105,180	144,644	144,644	(144,644)		144,644	144,644	12,601	641	1,375.2	1,375.2	57.90	57.90	70.3	95.57
1991	95,910	138,405	138,405	(138,405)		138,405			612	1,443.1	1,443.1	59.07	59.07	67.6	92.72
1992	89,134	132,891	132,891	(132,891)		132,891			654	1,490.9	1,490.9	59.85	59.85	64.9	90.19
1993	84,400	107,416	107,416	(107,416)		107,416			587	1,272.7	1,272.7	56.00	56.00	55.0	74.77
1994	79,442	97,567	97,567	(97,567)		97,567			492	1,228.2	1,228.2	55.12	55.12	49.9	68.60
1995	71,967	97,092	97,092	(97,092)		97,092	97,092	9,851	458	1,349.1	1,349.1	57.43	57.43	50.0	69.03
1996	72,188	98,566	98,566	(98,566)		98,566			555	1,365.4	1,365.4	57.72	57.72	51.3	70.88
1997	61,094	87,896	87,896	(87,896)		87,896			484	1,438.7	1,438.7	58.99	58.99	43.1	63.83
1998	65,361	79,842	79,842	(79,842)		79,842			490	1,221.6	1,221.6	54.99	54.99	39.3	58.47
1999	72,291	72,382	72,382	(72,382)		72,382			540	1,001.3	1,001.3	50.03	50.03	35.8	53.40
2000	73,679	61,378	61,378	(61,378)		61,378	61,378	10,626	555	833.0	833.0	45.45	45.45	30.6	45.62
2001	68,180	51,165	51,165	(51,165)		51,165	51,165	9,826	500	750.4	750.4	42.87	42.87	26.2	38.30
2002	66,499	50,824	50,824	(50,824)		50,824	50,824	11,039	539	764.3	764.3	43.32	43.32	26.7	38.31
2003	67,359	48,035	48,035	(48,035)		48,035	48,035	13,343	549	713.1	713.1	41.63	41.63	25.4	36.44
2004	69,886	47,223	47,223	(47,223)		47,223			547	675.7	675.7	40.32	40.32	25.0	36.03
2005	71,075	41,795	41,795	(41,795)		41,795			565	588.0	588.0	37.03	37.03	22.3	32.08
2006	73,978	37,272	37,272	(37,272)		37,272			517	503.8	503.8	33.50	33.50	20.0	28.80
2007	75,349	37,594	37,594	(37,594)		37,594			566	498.9	498.9	33.29	33.29	20.4	29.32
2008	77,712	36,593	36,593	(36,593)		36,593			571	470.9	470.9	32.01	32.01	20.0	28.89
2009	80,956	33,733	33,733	(33,733)		33,733			616	416.7	416.7	29.41	29.41	18.7	27.07
2010	75,513	31,548	31,548	(31,548)		31,548			592	417.8	417.8	29.47	29.47	18.2	25.78
2011	70,846	31,716	31,716	(31,716)		31,716			556	447.7	447.7	30.92	30.92	21.5	26.38
2012	69,121	29,992	29,992	(29,992)		29,992			557	433.9	433.9	30.26	30.26	20.6	25.39
2013	66,578	29,505	29,505	(29,505)		29,505			483	443.2	443.2	30.71	30.71	20.4	25.48
2014	67,585	28,145	28,145	(28,145)		28,145			498	416.4	416.4	29.40	29.40		24.85
2015	65,950	27,782	27,782	(27,782)		27,782			420	421.3	421.3	29.64	29.64		25.08
2016	64,984	26,412	26,412	(26,412)		26,412			462	406.4	406.4	28.90	28.90		24.40
2017	63,955	24,287	24,287	(24,287)		24,287			404	379.8	379.8	27.52	27.52		23.01
2018	62,576	23,437	23,437	(23,437)		23,437			379	374.5	374.5	27.25	27.25		22.75
2019	61,538	21,864	21,864	(21,864)		21,864			344	355.3	355.3	26.22	26.22		21.71
2020	59,086	19,328	19,328	(19,328)		19,328				327.1	327.1	24.65	24.65		19.60
2021			(18,000)												(18.6)
year	live births	abortions, reported	abortions (AWR)	abortions, residents, in country only	abortions, residents, obtained abroad	abortions, residents, total	miscarriages and abortions	miscarriages	fetal deaths	abortion ratio		abortion %		abortion rate, residents	abortion rate, occurences (AWR)
year	live births	abortions, reported	abortions (AWR)	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	abortion rate, occurences (AWR)

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.

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