Historical abortion statistics, FR Germany

Abortion statistics and other data--Johnston`s Archive

Historical abortion statistics, FR Germany

compiled by Wm. Robert Johnston
last updated 24 March 2013

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 15-44.

FR Germany 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	abortions, illegal	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	abortions, illegal	fetal deaths	residents, in/out of country	all in country	residents, in/out of country	all in country	abortion rate, residents
1944		133	(133)		133
1945
1946
1947		2200	(2200)		2200
1948	785986	2096	(2096)		2096				2.7	2.7	0.27	0.27
1949	812200
1950	791221	9500	(9500)		9500				12.0	12.0	1.2	1.2	0.80
1951	776144	8000	(8000)		8000				10.3	10.3	1.0	1.0	0.70
1952	781029	6500	(6500)		6500				8.3	8.3	0.83	0.83	0.60
1953	778206
1954	798479	4600	(4600)		4600				5.8	5.8	0.57	0.57	0.40
1955	803012	4600	(4600)		4600				5.7	5.7	0.57	0.57
1956	855887
1957	892228
1958	904465
1959	951942	(3100)	(3100)		3100				3.3	3.3	0.32	0.32
1960	968629						4000	15049
1961	1012687							14704
1962	1018552							14361
1963	1054123							13991
1964	1065437							13590
1965	1044328							12901
1966	1050345							12174
1967	1019459							11422
1968	969825	2800	(2800)	620	3420			10702	3.5	2.9	0.35	0.29	0.20
1969	903458	3400	(3400)	1560	4960			9693	5.5	3.8	0.55	0.37	0.30
1970	810808	5200	(5200)	3621	8821		771	8351	10.9	6.4	1.1	0.64	0.40
1971	778526	6900	(6900)	13560	20460			7674	26.3	8.9	2.6	0.88	0.60
1972	701214	9800	(9800)	25189	34989			6557	49.9	14.0	4.8	1.4	0.80
1973	635633	13000	(13000)	11326	24326			5686	38.3	20.5	3.7	2.0	1.00
1974	626373	17800	(17800)	6112	23912			5387	38.2	28.4	3.7	2.8	1.4
1975	600512	21200	(21200)	61000	83500			4689	139.0	35.3	12.2	3.4	6.6
1976	602851	21400	(21400)	2385	23785			4444	39.5	35.5	3.8	3.4	1.7
1977	582344	54309	54309	56500	111000			3794	190.6	93.3	16.0	8.5	8.7
1978	576468	73548	73548	44000	118800			3650	206.1	127.6	17.1	11.3	9.2
1979	581984	82788	82788	32000	115600			3325	198.6	142.3	16.6	12.5	8.8
1980	620657	87702	87702	26200	113902	26200		3308	183.5	141.3	15.5	12.4
1981	624557	87353	87535	21000	108535			3204	173.8	139.9	14.8	12.3
1982	621173	91064	91064	18000	109064			2996	175.6	146.6	14.9	12.8
1983	594177	86529	86529	14571	101100			2790	170.2	145.6	14.5	12.7
1984	584157	86298	86298	11602	97900			2567	167.6	147.7	14.4	12.9
1985	586155	83538	85538	8297	93835	8297		2414	160.1	142.5	13.8	12.5
1986	625963	84274	(84274)	142	84416			2506	134.9	134.6	11.9	11.9
1987	642010	88540	(88540)	100	88640			2485	138.1	137.9	12.1	12.1
1988	677259	83784	(83784)	100	83884			2398	123.9	123.7	11.0	11.0
1989	681537	75297	(75297)	114	75411			2368	110.6	110.5	10.0	9.9
1990	727199	145267	(138750)	6517	145267	6517		3202	199.8	199.8	16.7	16.7
1991	830019	124377	(124377)	109	124486			2741	150.0	149.8	13.0	13.0
1992	809114	118611	(118611)	4970	123581			2660	152.7	146.6	13.2	12.8
1993	798447	111236	(111236)	4502	115738			2467	145.0	139.3	12.7	12.2
1994	769603	103586	(103586)	3752	107338			3113	139.5	134.6	12.2	11.9
1995	765221	97937	(94955)	2982	97937	2982		3405	128.0	128.0	11.3	11.3
1996	796013	130899	(130899)	2704	133603			3573	167.8	164.4	14.4	14.1	8.0
1997	791025	130890	(130890)	2427	133317			3510	168.5	165.5	14.4	14.2
1998	785034	131795	(131795)	2118	133913			3190	170.6	167.9	14.6	14.4
1999	770744	130471	130039	1875	131914	432		3118	171.2	169.3	14.6	14.5
2000	766999	134609	134240	1603	135843	369		3084	177.1	175.5	15.0	14.9
2001	734475	134964	134463	1469	135932	501		2881	185.1	183.8	15.6	15.5
2002	719250	130387	129925	1347	131272	462		2700	182.5	181.3	15.4	15.3
2003	706721	129300	127499	1254	128753	531		2699	182.2	183.0	15.4	15.5	8.0
2004	705622	129650	129167	1222	130389	483		2728	184.8	183.7	15.6	15.5
2005	685795	124023	123506	1148	124654	517		2487	181.8	180.8	15.4	15.3
2006	672724	119710	119201	1092	120293	509		2420	178.8	177.9	15.2	15.1
2007	684862	116871	116315	1193	117508	556		2371	171.6	170.6	14.6	14.6
2008	682514	114484	(113313)	1171	114484	1171		2412	167.7	167.7	14.4	14.4
2009	665126	110694	(109571)	17	109588	1123		2338	164.8	166.4	14.1	14.3
2010	677947	110431	(109215)	12	109227	1216		2466	161.1	162.9	13.9	14.0
2011	666000
year	live births	abortions, reported	abortions, residents, in country only	abortions, residents, obtained abroad	abortions, residents, total	abortions, occurrences by non-residents	abortions, illegal	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	abortions, illegal	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.

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