Historical abortion statistics, Czechoslovakia

Abortion statistics and other data--Johnston`s Archive

Historical abortion statistics, Czechoslovakia

compiled by Wm. Robert Johnston
last updated 25 February 2017

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 ages 15-44.

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
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
1947	294,404
1948	289,026
1949	276,537
1950	288,062		(360)
1951	286,233		(720)
1952	280,967		(1,080)
1953	271,671	1,500	1,500	(1,500)		1,500	29,100		3,200	5.5	5.5	0.55	0.55
1954	266,712	2,798	2,798	(2,798)		2,798	30,600		3,100	10.5	10.5	1.04	1.04	1.0
1955	265,179	2,123	2,740	(2,123)		2,123	33,000		3,200	8.0	8.0	0.79	0.79	0.8
1956	261,976	3,117	3,117	(3,117)		3,117	31,000		2,900	11.9	11.9	1.18	1.18	1.1
1957	252,740	7,300	7,300	(7,300)		7,300	30,200		3,000	28.9	28.9	2.81	2.81	2.7
1958	235,034	62,800	66,335	(62,800)		62,800	27,700	27,110	2,600	267.2	267.2	21.09	21.09	22.8
1959	216,973	79,131	82,014	(79,131)		79,131	26,400	26,062	2,400	364.7	364.7	26.72	26.72	29.3
1960	216,900	88,288	89,542	(88,288)		88,288	26,300	26,070	2,200	407.0	407.0	28.93	28.93	32.5
1961	218,000	94,306	94,306	(94,306)		94,306	26,000	25,847	2,300	432.6	432.6	30.20	30.20	34.1
1962	217,456	89,815	89,815	(89,815)		89,815	26,100	25,966		413.0	413.0	29.23	29.23	31.5
1963	235,998	70,546	70,605	(70,546)		70,546	29,400	29,245		298.9	298.9	23.01	23.01	24.1
1964	241,298	70,698	70,737	(70,698)		70,698	28,500	28,414		293.0	293.0	22.66	22.66	23.6
1965	231,695	79,591	79,660	(79,591)		79,591	26,200	26,098		343.5	343.5	25.57	25.57	26.3
1966	222,615	90,263	90,281	(90,263)		90,263	25,400	25,494		405.5	405.5	28.85	28.85	29.6
1967	215,985	96,421	96,448	(96,421)		96,421		24,722		446.4	446.4	30.86	30.86	31.4
1968	213,807	99,886	99,899	(99,886)		99,886		24,124		467.2	467.2	31.84	31.84	32.4
1969	222,934	102,797	102,894	(102,797)		102,797		24,410		461.1	461.1	31.56	31.56	33.1
1970	228,531	99,766	99,786	(99,766)		99,766		25,288		436.6	436.6	30.39	30.39	32.3
1971	237,242	97,271	97,283	(97,271)		97,271		25,559		410.0	410.0	29.08	29.08	31.4
1972	251,455	91,292	91,319	(91,292)		91,292		28,302		363.1	363.1	26.64	26.64	29.2
1973	274,703	81,233	81,262	(81,233)		81,233				295.7	295.7	22.82	22.82	25.9
1974	291,800	83,604	83,604	(83,604)		83,604				286.5	286.5	22.27	22.27	26.4
1975	289,425	81,671	81,704	(81,671)		81,671				282.2	282.2	22.01	22.01	25.9
1976	287,192	84,589	84,605	(84,589)		84,589				294.5	294.5	22.75	22.75	26.8
1977	281,296	88,989	89,021	(88,989)		88,989				316.4	316.4	24.03	24.03	27.9
1978	279,094	92,545	92,581	(92,545)		92,545				331.6	331.6	24.90	24.90	29.1
1979	272,352	94,486	94,502	(94,486)		94,486				346.9	346.9	25.76	25.76	29.5
1980	248,901	100,170	100,212	(100,170)		100,170				402.4	402.4	28.70	28.70	31.1
1981	237,728	103,517	103,548	(103,517)		103,517				435.4	435.4	30.34	30.34	32.1
1982	234,356	107,638	107,662	(107,638)		107,638				459.3	459.3	31.47	31.47	33.1
1983	229,484	108,662	108,698	(108,662)		108,662				473.5	473.5	32.13	32.13	33.1
1984	227,784	113,802	113,831	(113,802)		113,802				499.6	499.6	33.32	33.32	34.5
1985	226,036	119,325	119,398	(119,325)		119,325				527.9	527.9	34.55	34.55
1986	220,494	124,188	124,235	(124,188)		124,188				563.2	563.2	36.03	36.03
1987	214,927	159,316	159,571	(159,316)		159,316			964	741.3	741.3	42.57	42.57
1988	215,909	164,730	164,730	(164,730)		164,730			988	763.0	763.0	43.28	43.28
1989	208,472	167,990	167,990	(167,990)		167,990			891	805.8	805.8	44.62	44.62
1990	210,553	167,444	167,444	(167,444)		167,444			931	795.3	795.3	44.30	44.30
1991	207,969	159,183	159,183	(159,183)		159,183				765.4	765.4	43.36	43.36
1992	196,345	143,710	143,710	(143,710)		143,710				731.9	731.9	42.26	42.26
year	live births	abortions, reported	abortions (AWR)	abortions, residents, in country only	abortions, residents, obtained abroad	abortions, residents, total	abortions, illegal	miscarriages and abortions	fetal deaths	abortion ratio		abortion %		abortion rate, residents
year	live births	abortions, reported	abortions (AWR)	abortions, residents, in country only	abortions, residents, obtained abroad	abortions, residents, total	abortions, illegal	miscarriages and abortions	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:

Heitlinger, Alena, 1976, "Pro-natalist population policies in Czechoslovakia," Population Studies, 30:123-135.
Johnston, Wm. Robert, Oct. 2007, "Abortions and live births for divided countries," working paper, see "Historical abortion statistics by country," Johnston's Archive, on line [http://www.johnstonsarchive.net/policy/abortion/index.html#ST].
Pavlik, Zdenek, and Vladimir Wynnyczyk, 1974, "Czechoslovakia," in Population Policy in Developed Countries, ed. by Bernard Berelson, McGraw Hill (New York, NY), pp. 319-354.
Sracek, Jiri, 1988, "Czechoslovakia," in International Handbook on Abortion, ed. by Paul Sachdev, Greenwood Press (New York, NY), pp. 127-137.
Tietze, Christopher, 1963, "Some Facts about Legal Abortion," in Human Fertility and Population Problems, ed. by Roy O. Greep, Schenkman Publ. Co. (Cambridge, MA), pp. 222-236.
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.
United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, 1976, United Nations Demographic Yearbook 1975, United Nations (New York, NY).
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].
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