Historical abortion statistics, Hungary

Abortion statistics and other data--Johnston`s Archive

Historical abortion statistics, Hungary

compiled by Wm. Robert Johnston
last updated 4 June 2008

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 of childbearing age.

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
1938	182206
1939
1940
1941
1942
1943
1944
1945
1946
1947
1948	191907
1949	190398	1600	(1600)		(1600)	31600		4500	8.4	8.4	0.83	0.83
1950	195567	1707	(1707)		(1707)	34300		4200	8.7	8.7	0.87	0.87	0.77
1951	190600	1700	(1700)		(1700)	36100		3700	8.9	8.9	0.88	0.88	0.77
1952	185800	1700	(1700)		(1700)	42000		3500	9.1	9.1	0.91	0.91	0.78
1953	206900	2800	(2800)		(2800)	39000		3500	13.5	13.5	1.3	1.3	1.2
1954	223300	16300	(16300)		(16300)	42000		3700	73.0	73.0	6.8	6.8	7.5
1955	210400	35400	(35400)		(35400)	43100		3400	168.3	168.3	14.4	14.4	16.3
1956	192800	82500	(82500)		(82500)	41100		3000	427.9	427.9	30.0	30.0	38.0
1957	167200	123400	(123400)		(123400)	39500		2500	738.0	738.0	42.5	42.5	58.0
1958	158400	145600	(145600)		(145600)	37400		2200	919.2	919.2	47.9	47.9	68.8
1959	151194	152400	(152400)		(152400)	35300		2200	1008.0	1008.0	50.2	50.2	72.1
1960	146461	162160	(162160)		(162160)	33800		1957	1107.2	1107.2	52.5	52.5	76.5
1961	140365	169992	(169992)		(169992)	33700		1740	1211.1	1211.1	54.8	54.8	79.4
1962	130053	163656	(163656)		(163656)	33900		1597	1258.4	1258.4	55.7	55.7	75.2
1963	132335	173835	(173835)		(173835)	34100		1651	1313.6	1313.6	56.8	56.8	78.4
1964	132141	184367	(184367)		(184367)	34300		1549	1395.2	1395.2	58.3	58.3	82.2
1965	133009	180269	(180269)		(180269)	33700		1516	1355.3	1355.3	57.5	57.5	80.1
1966	138489	186773	(186773)		(186773)	33600		1515	1348.6	1348.6	57.4	57.4	82.8
1967	148886	187527	(187527)		(187527)			1579	1259.5	1259.5	55.7	55.7	83.1
1968	154419	201096	(201096)		(201096)			1547	1302.3	1302.3	56.6	56.6	88.8
1969	154318	206817	(206817)		(206817)			1530	1340.2	1340.2	57.3	57.3	91.1
1970	151819	192283	(192283)		(192283)			1520	1266.5	1266.5	55.9	55.9	83.8
1971	150640	187425	(187425)		(187425)			1519	1244.2	1244.2	55.4	55.4	81.3
1972	153265	179035	(179035)		(179035)			1423	1168.1	1168.1	53.9	53.9	77.5
1973	156224	169650	(169650)		(169650)			1399	1085.9	1085.9	52.1	52.1	73.5
1974	186288	102600	(102600)		(102600)			1669	550.8	550.8	35.5	35.5	44.3
1975	194000	96212	(96212)		(96212)			1607	495.9	495.9	33.2	33.2	41.9
1976	185405	94720	(94720)		(94720)			1511	510.9	510.9	33.8	33.8	41.5
1977	177574	89096	(89096)		(89096)			1578	501.7	501.7	33.4	33.4	39.2
1978	168160	83545	(83545)		(83545)			1364	496.8	496.8	33.2	33.2	37.0
1979	160364	80767	(80767)		(80767)			1313	503.6	503.6	33.5	33.5	35.9
1980	148673	80882	(80882)		(80882)			1156	544.0	544.0	35.2	35.2	36.3
1981	142890	78421	(78421)		(78421)			1172	548.8	548.8	35.4	35.4	35.3
1982	133559	78682	(78682)		(78682)			1020	589.1	589.1	37.1	37.1	35.5
1983	127258	78599	(78599)		(78599)			902	617.6	617.6	38.2	38.2	35.5
1984	125359	82191	(82191)		(82191)			799	655.6	655.6	39.6	39.6	37.1
1985	130200	81970	(81970)		(81970)			808	629.6	629.6	38.6	38.6
1986	128204	83586	(83586)		(83586)			828	652.0	652.0	39.5	39.5	37.7
1987	125840	84547	(84547)		(84547)			882	671.9	671.9	40.2	40.2
1988	124296	87106	(87106)		(87106)			764	700.8	700.8	41.2	41.2	39.5
1989	123304	108245	(108245)		(108245)			653	877.9	877.9	46.7	46.7	42.5
1990	125679	107990	(107990)		(107990)			699	859.3	859.3	46.2	46.2	42.5
1991	127207	107027	(107027)		(107027)			575	841.4	841.4	45.7	45.7	41.8
1992	121724	103127	(103127)		(103127)			509	847.2	847.2	45.9	45.9	40.0
1993	117033	91136	(91136)		(91136)			425	778.7	778.7	43.8	43.8	35.2
1994	115598	90041	(90041)		(90041)			408	778.9	778.9	43.8	43.8	34.7
1995	112054	92249	(92249)		(92249)			393	823.3	823.3	45.2	45.2	35.5
1996	105272	91391	(91391)		(91391)			397	868.1	868.1	46.5	46.5	35.1
1997	100350	89821	(89821)		(89821)			480	895.1	895.1	47.2	47.2	34.6
1998	97301	83606	(83606)		(83606)			556	859.3	859.3	46.2	46.2	32.3
1999	94645	80987	(80987)		(80987)			471	855.7	855.7	46.1	46.1	31.3
2000	97597	74172	(74172)		(74172)			538	760.0	760.0	43.2	43.2	29.0
2001	97047	72146	(72146)		(72146)			550	743.4	743.4	42.6	42.6	28.4
2002	96804	72587	(72587)		(72587)		152	523	749.8	749.8	42.9	42.9	28.8
2003	94647	70104	(70104)		(70104)		127	530	740.7	740.7	42.6	42.6	28.0
2004	95137	68900	(68900)		(68900)		118	476	724.2	724.2	42.0	42.0	27.9
2005	97496	65700	(65700)		(65700)		118	506	673.9	673.9	40.3	40.3
2006	99871	63700	(63700)		(63700)			489	637.8	637.8	38.9	38.9
2007
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:

Callahan, Daniel, 1970, Abortion: Law, Choice and Morality, Macmillan Co. (New York, NY).
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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].
Hungarian Central Statistical Office, 1991, Hungarian Statistical Yearbook 1990, Hungarian Central Statistical Office (Budapest, Hungary).
Klinger, Andras, 1974, "Hungary," in Population Policy in Developed Countries, ed. by Bernard Berelson, McGraw Hill (New York, NY), pp. 225-269.
Klinger, Andras, 1988, "Hungary," in International Handbook on Abortion, ed. by Paul Sachdev, Greenwood Press (New York, NY), pp. 218-237.
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Last modified 4 June 2008.
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