Historical abortion statistics, Czech Republic

Abortion statistics and other data--Johnston`s Archive

Historical abortion statistics, Czech Republic

compiled by Wm. Robert Johnston
last updated 25 April 2010

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.

Czech Republic regional level data also available here.

year	live births	abortions, reported	abortions, residents, in country only	abortions, residents, obtained abroad	abortions, residents, total	abortions, occurrences by non-residents	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	abortions, occurrences by non-residents	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
1900	330662								9845
1901	325514								9812
1902	333619								9878
1903	318275								8989
1904	319433								9512
1905	300414								8740
1906	313449								8877
1907	306356								8694
1908	308504								8726
1909	305426								8535
1910	295617								8225
1911	289058								8434
1912	280368								7817
1913	275060								7503
1914	269142								7901
1915	197542								5634
1916	140211								3941
1917	126916								3619
1918	120579								3110
1919	189675								5022
1920	244668								6794
1921	257281								6988
1922	248728								6895
1923	241230								6832
1924	228894								6607
1925	225555								5867
1926	219802								5684
1927	208711								5245
1928	208942								5072
1929	203064								4840
1930	207224								5008
1931	196214								4660
1932	190397								4762
1933	176201								4436
1934	171042								4209
1935	161748								3910
1936	157992								3934
1937	155996								3784
1938	163525								3780
1939	192344								4409
1940	218043								4939
1941	208913								4456
1942	199259								3749
1943	225379								3680
1944	230183								3840
1945	194182								2892
1946	210454								3396
1947	206745								3347
1948	197837								2973
1949	185484								2735
1950	188341								3314
1951	185570								3186
1952	180143								2852
1953	172547	1265	(1265)		(1265)		25175	23910	2082	7.3	7.3	0.73	0.73
1954	168402	2268	(2268)		(2268)		25773	23505	1898	13.5	13.5	1.3	1.3
1955	165874	2430	(2430)		(2430)		25850	23420	1857	14.6	14.6	1.4	1.4
1956	162509	2420	(2420)		(2420)		25079	22659	1734	14.9	14.9	1.5	1.5
1957	155429	5742	(5742)		(5742)		27967	22225	1728	36.9	36.9	3.6	3.6
1958	141762	49035	(49035)		(49035)		67643	18608	1489	345.9	345.9	25.7	25.7
1959	128982	61914	(61914)		(61914)		79269	17355	1328	480.0	480.0	32.4	32.4
1960	128879	67550	(67550)		(67550)		85213	17471	1282	524.1	524.1	34.4	34.4	38.1
1961	131019	70062	(70062)		(70062)		87362	17300	1182	534.7	534.7	34.8	34.8	39.1
1962	133557	66031	(66031)		(66031)		83565	17534	1138	494.4	494.4	33.1	33.1	37.1
1963	148840	51470	(51470)		(51470)		71677	20207	1222	345.8	345.8	25.7	25.7	31.6
1964	154420	51524	(51524)		(51524)		70888	19364	1246	333.7	333.7	25.0	25.0	31.0
1965	147438	58554	(58554)		(58554)		76341	17747	1107	397.1	397.1	28.4	28.4	33.1
1966	141162	65818	(65818)		(65818)		83316	17498	1044	466.3	466.3	31.8	31.8	35.5
1967	138448	69850	(69850)		(69850)		86731	16881	965	504.5	504.5	33.5	33.5	36.2
1968	137437	72488	(72488)		(72488)		89089	16601	959	527.4	527.4	34.5	34.5	36.5
1969	143165	74263	(74263)		(74263)		91088	16825	990	518.7	518.7	34.2	34.2	36.8
1970	147865	71893	(71893)		(71893)		89509	17597	1028	486.2	486.2	32.7	32.7	36.4
1971	154180	68652	(68652)		(68652)		86452	17800	1053	445.3	445.3	30.8	30.8	35.2
1972	163661	65079	(65079)		(65079)		84821	19742	1083	397.6	397.6	28.5	28.5	34.5
1973	181750	55898	(55898)		(55898)		76986	21088	1203	307.6	307.6	23.5	23.5	31.4
1974	194215	56969	(56969)		(56969)		78130	21161	1212	293.3	293.3	22.7	22.7	31.9
1975	191776	55511	(55511)		(55511)		76342	20812	1093	289.5	289.5	22.4	22.4	31.3
1976	187378	56889	(56889)		(56889)		77908	21019	1144	303.6	303.6	23.3	23.3	32.1
1977	181763	61114	(61114)		(61114)		81656	20542	1102	336.2	336.2	25.2	25.2	33.7
1978	178901	63904	(63904)		(63904)		83915	20011	1117	357.2	357.2	26.3	26.3	34.6
1979	172112	64505	(64505)		(64505)		83624	19119	972	374.8	374.8	27.3	27.3	34.4
1980	153801	68930	(68930)		(68930)		86503	17561	864	448.2	448.2	30.9	30.9	35.5
1981	144438	71574	(71574)		(71574)		89373	17799	748	495.5	495.5	33.1	33.1	36.8
1982	141738	74531	(74531)		(74531)		91531	17000	780	525.8	525.8	34.5	34.5	37.6
1983	137431	75037	(75037)		(75037)		92033	16996	701	546.0	546.0	35.3	35.3	37.8
1984	136941	79534	(79534)		(79534)		96638	17104	646	580.8	580.8	36.7	36.7	39.5
1985	135881	83042	(83042)		(83042)		99357	16281	607	611.1	611.1	37.9	37.9	40.4
1986	133356	83564	(83564)		(83564)		99452	15873	586	626.6	626.6	38.5	38.5	40.1
1987	130921	109626	(107492)		(107492)	2134	124604	15081	548	821.0	837.3	45.1	45.6	49.1
1988	132667	113730	(111514)		(111514)	2216	127130	15282	571	840.6	857.3	45.7	46.2	49.5
1989	128356	111683	(109106)		(109106)	2577	124050	14689	525	850.0	870.1	45.9	46.5	49.4
1990	130564	126507	(124146)		(124146)	2361	123695	14656	530	950.8	968.9	48.7	49.2	48.7
1991	129354	106042	(104776)		(104776)	1266	118788	13892	496	810.0	819.8	44.8	45.0	46.1
1992	121705	94180	(93300)		(93300)	880	108444	13324	437	766.6	773.8	43.4	43.6	41.6
1993	121025	70634	(69225)		(69225)	1409	84037	13076	445	572.0	583.6	36.4	36.9	32.3
1994	106579	54836	(53502)		(53502)	1334	66100	10958	336	502.0	514.5	33.4	34.0	25.4
1995	96097	49531	(48084)		(48084)	1447	60143	10397	300	500.4	515.4	33.3	34.0	23.1
1996	90446	48086	(46308)		(46308)	1778	58184	10129	317	512.0	531.7	33.9	34.7	22.5
1997	90657	45022	(43020)		(43020)	2002	54971	10188	273	474.5	496.6	32.2	33.2	21.6
1998	90535	42959	(40603)		(40603)	2356	53298	10844	294	448.5	474.5	31.0	32.2	21.2
1999	89471	39382	(36748)		(36748)	2634	49469	10824	303	410.7	440.2	29.1	30.6	20.0
2000	90910	34623	(32147)		(32147)	2476	44894	10972	259	353.6	380.8	26.1	27.6	18.2
2001	90715	32528	(29952)		(29952)	2576	42481	11116	263	330.2	358.6	24.8	26.4	17.5
2002	92786	31142	(28391)		(28391)	2751	40992	107	261	306.0	335.6	23.4	25.1	17.2
2003	93685	29298	(26638)		(26638)	2660	39644	70	272	284.3	312.7	22.1	23.8	16.7
2004	97664	27574	(25320)	6	(25326)	2254	39070	84	265	259.3	282.3	20.6	22.0	16.3
2005	102211	26453	(24215)		(24215)	2238	37785	69	287	236.9	258.8	19.2	20.6	15.9
2006	105831	25352	(23067)		(23067)	2285	37674	13326	299	218.0	239.6	17.9	19.3	15.9
2007	114632	25414	(22756)		(22756)	2658	38259	14102	315	198.5	221.7	16.6	18.1	16.2
2008	119570	25760	(22508)		(22508)	3252	38194	14273	272	188.2	215.4	15.8	17.7	15.8
2009
year	live births	abortions, reported	abortions, residents, in country only	abortions, residents, obtained abroad	abortions, residents, total	abortions, occurrences by non-residents	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	abortions, occurrences by non-residents	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:

Council of Europe, 2004, "Czech Republic, 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/CRTAB2.xls].
Czech Statistical Office, 2006, "Population and vital statistics of the Czech Republic: 1785-2005, absolute figures," Czech Statistical Office, on line [http://www.czso.cz/eng/redakce.nsf/bce41ad0daa3aad1c1256c6e00499152/1aa4cad5e51b2e57c1256f0e004b3792/$FILE/oby01.xls].
Department of Health, 27 July 2005, "Abortion Statistics: Legal abortions carried out under the 1967 Abortion Act in England and Wales, 2004," Department of Health, on line [http://www.dh.gov.uk/assetRoot/04/11/75/74/04117574.pdf].
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].
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Last modified 25 April 2010.
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