Historical abortion statistics, Croatia

Abortion statistics and other data--Johnston`s Archive

Historical abortion statistics, Croatia

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 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
1960	76156							957
1961	74190							940
1962	72267							862
1963	69878							812
1964	68873							789
1965	71186	33260	(33260)		(33260)			856	467.2	467.2	31.8	31.8
1966	71325							797
1967	67103	34400	(34400)		(34400)			688	512.6	512.6	33.9	33.9
1968	65431							656
1969	63635	37119	(37119)		(37119)			629	583.3	583.3	36.8	36.8
1970	61103	38529	(38529)		(38529)			610	630.6	630.6	38.7	38.7
1971	64890	36575	(36575)		(36575)	41104		501	563.6	563.6	36.0	36.0
1972	66035	37139	(37139)		(37139)			487	562.4	562.4	36.0	36.0
1973	67389	37493	(37493)		(37493)			494	556.4	556.4	35.7	35.7
1974	67251	39441	(39441)		(39441)			446	586.5	586.5	37.0	37.0
1975	67016	40870	(40870)		(40870)			472	609.9	609.9	37.9	37.9	41.6
1976	67054	41216	(41216)		(41216)			470	614.7	614.7	38.1	38.1
1977	68035	43789	(43789)		(43789)			453	643.6	643.6	39.2	39.2
1978	68704	42332	(42332)		(42332)			417	616.2	616.2	38.1	38.1
1979	69229	44567	(44567)		(44567)			433	643.8	643.8	39.2	39.2
1980	68220	47827	(47827)		(47827)			383	701.1	701.1	41.2	41.2	50.3
1981	67455	51975	(51975)		(51975)	55887		371	770.5	770.5	43.5	43.5
1982	66737	51534	(51534)		(51534)			387	772.2	772.2	43.6	43.6
1983	65599	47996	(47996)		(47996)			326	731.7	731.7	42.3	42.3
1984	64909	48771	(48771)		(48771)			296	751.4	751.4	42.9	42.9
1985	62665	51549	(51549)		(51549)			297	822.6	822.6	45.1	45.1
1986	60226	50058	(50058)		(50058)			307	831.2	831.2	45.4	45.4	52.6
1987	59209	48608	(48608)		(48608)			293	821.0	821.0	45.1	45.1
1988	58525	42864	(42864)		(42864)			251	732.4	732.4	42.3	42.3	44.8
1989	55651	51298	(51298)		(51298)			263	921.8	921.8	48.0	48.0	44.2
1990	55409	46679	(46679)		(46679)			246	842.4	842.4	45.7	45.7	40.1
1991	51829	40303	(40303)		(40303)			269	777.6	777.6	43.7	43.7	35.1
1992	46970	34906	(34906)		(34906)			261	743.2	743.2	42.6	42.6	30.2
1993	48535	31239	(31239)		(31239)			199	643.6	643.6	39.2	39.2	26.9
1994	48584	26014	(26014)		(26014)			221	535.4	535.4	34.9	34.9	22.4
1995	50182	19950	(19950)		(19950)			215	397.6	397.6	28.4	28.4	17.1
1996	53811	19634	(19634)		(19634)			235	364.9	364.9	26.7	26.7	18.1
1997	51820	16400	(16400)		(16400)			253	316.5	316.5	24.0	24.0	14.8
1998	47068	15292	(15292)		(15292)			225	324.9	324.9	24.5	24.5	14.1
1999	45179	14700	(14700)		(14700)			205	325.4	325.4	24.5	24.5	13.3
2000	43746	13870	(13870)		(13870)			229	317.1	317.1	24.1	24.1	13.1
2001	40993	13081	(13081)		(13081)			216	319.1	319.1	24.2	24.2	12.1
2002	40094	12002	(12002)		(12002)		108	189	299.3	299.3	23.0	23.0	11.1
2003	39668	10999	(10999)		(10999)		88	180	277.3	277.3	21.7	21.7	10.2
2004	40307	5232	(5232)		(5232)		77	179	129.8	129.8	11.5	11.5
2005	42492	4563	(4563)		(4563)		94	186	107.4	107.4	9.7	9.7
2006
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:

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, "Croatia, 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/CROTAB2.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].
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.
UNICEF Innocenti Research Centre, 2005, "2004 Monee statistical template: Croatia," UNICEF Innocenti Research Centre, on line [http://www.unicef-icdc.org/resources/transmonee/country_data_files_2005/Cro2004.xls].
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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