Historical abortion statistics, Italy

Abortion statistics and other data--Johnston`s Archive

Historical abortion statistics, Italy

compiled by Wm. Robert Johnston
last updated 16 April 2023

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 15-49.
Abortion rate, occurrences (AWR) is abortion occurrences from Abortion Worldwide Report figures per 1000 women ages 15-39.

Italy regional level data also available here.

year	live births	abortions, reported	abortions (AWR)	abortions, residents, in country only	abortions, residents, obtained abroad	abortions, residents, total	abortions, occurrences by non-residents	fetal deaths	abortion ratio		abortion %		abortion rate, residents	abortion rate, occurences (AWR)
year	live births	abortions, reported	abortions (AWR)	abortions, residents, in country only	abortions, residents, obtained abroad	abortions, residents, total	abortions, occurrences by non-residents	fetal deaths	residents, in/out of country	all in country	residents, in/out of country	all in country	abortion rate, residents	abortion rate, occurences (AWR)
1948	1,009,299
1949	940,293
1950	911,805
1951	863,849
1952	847,354
1953	842,274
1954	870,689
1955	869,333
1956	873,608
1957	878,906
1958	870,468
1959	901,017
1960	910,192							22,844
1961	929,657							22,153
1962	937,257							21,908
1963	960,336							21,469
1964	1,016,120							21,558
1965	990,458							19,998
1966	979,940							19,306
1967	948,772							17,346
1968	930,172				3	3		16,282	0.00		0.00
1969	932,466				19	19		15,099	0.02		0.00
1970	901,472				100	100		14,109	0.11		0.01
1971	906,182				184	184		13,407	0.20		0.02
1972	888,203				480	480		12,453	0.54		0.05
1973	874,546				1,172	1,172		11,668	1.34		0.13
1974	868,882				1,751	1,751		10,691	2.0		0.20
1975	827,852		(35,000)		5,647	5,647		9,271	6.8		0.68
1976	781,638		(71,000)		8,211	8,211		8,345	10.5		1.04
1977	741,103		(106,000)		7,849	7,849		7,219	10.6		1.05
1978	709,043	137,400	137,400	(137,400)	3,912	141,312		6,564	199.3	193.8	16.62	16.23
1979	670,221	187,752	187,752	(187,752)	959	188,711		5,748	281.6	280.1	21.97	21.88	13.7
1980	640,401	222,499	222,499	203,478	774	204,252	461	5,453	318.9	347.4	24.18	25.79	18.7
1981	623,103	224,377	224,377	215,109	642	215,751	554	4,728	346.3	360.1	25.72	26.48	16.3
1982	617,507	234,800	234,800	228,348	626	228,974	655	4,703	370.8	380.2	27.05	27.55	19.6
1983	600,218	233,976	233,976	228,737	617	229,354	620	4,361	382.1	389.8	27.65	28.05	16.9
1984	587,871	228,377	228,377	226,355	715	227,070	659	4,160	386.3	388.5	27.86	27.98	18.4
1985	577,345	211,227	211,227	203,157	630	203,787	576	3,833	353.0	365.9	26.09	26.79	14.8
1986	554,845	197,165	197,165	187,237	664	187,901	542	3,584	338.7	355.4	25.30	26.22	16.0
1987	551,539	190,371	190,371	177,422	600	178,022	516	3,483	322.8	345.2	24.40	25.66	13.1
1988	569,698	178,425	178,425	173,481	600	174,081	550	3,453	305.6	313.2	23.40	23.85	14.2
1989	560,688	171,351	171,351	164,653	674	165,327	661	3,128	294.9	305.6	22.77	23.41	11.9
1990	563,019	161,386	161,386	159,020	620	159,640	743	3,103	283.5	286.6	22.09	22.28	13.0	15.30
1991	556,175	160,494	160,494	155,036	658	155,694	993	3,079	279.9	288.6	21.87	22.39	12.5	15.22
1992	567,841	150,271	150,271	147,671	650	148,321	1,207	2,762	261.2	264.6	20.71	20.93	12.3	14.19
1993	549,484	145,229	145,229	141,982	648	142,630	1,362	2,537	259.6	264.3	20.61	20.90	12.1	13.68
1994	533,050	136,481	136,481	133,485	598	134,083	1,718	2,312	251.5	256.0	20.10	20.38	11.5	12.87
1995	525,609	136,817	136,817	128,635	517	129,152	2,212	2,164	245.7	260.3	19.73	20.65	11.2	12.95
1996	525,640	140,400	140,400	134,396	427	134,823	2,225	2,142	256.5	267.1	20.41	21.08	11.4	13.35
1997	528,901	140,166	140,166	136,030	433	136,463	2,443	1,928	258.0	265.0	20.51	20.95	9.5	13.40
1998	515,439	138,354	138,354	134,428	395	134,823	3,258	1,667	261.6	268.4	20.73	21.16	9.5	13.32
1999	523,463	138,708	138,708	134,285	394	134,679	3,703	1,965	257.3	265.0	20.46	20.95	9.6	13.47
2000	543,039	137,470	134,740	130,162	416	130,578	3,651	1,818	240.5	253.1	19.38	20.20	9.3	13.21
2001	535,282	132,073	132,073	126,306	389	126,695	5,044	1,724	236.7	246.7	19.14	19.79	9.1	13.09
2002	530,443	131,039	131,039	123,792	302	124,094	6,372	1,721	233.9	247.0	18.96	19.81	9.2	13.14
2003	531,274	132,800	132,800	117,239	294	117,533	5,824	1,446	221.2	250.0	18.12	20.00	11.0	13.42
2004	559,563	137,140	137,140	(137,140)	266	137,406		1,415	245.6	245.1	19.71	19.68		13.94
2005	554,022	129,272	129,272	(129,272)	232	129,504		1,458	233.8	233.3	18.95	18.92		13.27
2006	557,016	125,782	125,782	(125,782)	202	125,984		1,468	226.2	225.8	18.45	18.42		13.07
2007	563,933	126,562	126,562	(126,562)	137	126,699		1,457	224.7	224.4	18.35	18.33		13.24
2008	569,366	121,406	121,406	121,301	150	121,451		1,543	213.3	213.2	17.58	17.58		12.72
2009	564,573	116,933	116,933	118,579	161	118,740		1,564	210.3	207.1	17.38	17.16	8.5	12.33
2010	561,944	115,372	115,981	115,372	145	115,517		1,532	205.6	205.3	17.05	17.03	8.2	12.32
2011	555,613	111,415	111,415	111,415	169	111,584		1,422	200.8	200.5	16.72	16.70		11.94
2012	534,186	107,192	107,192	107,192	113	107,305		1,439	200.9	200.7	16.73	16.71		11.62
2013	514,308	102,644	102,760	102,644	128	102,772		1,262	199.8	199.6	16.65	16.64		11.31
2014	502,596	97,535	97,535	97,535	112	97,647		1,364	194.3	194.1	16.27	16.25		10.93
2015	485,780	87,639	87,639	87,639	69	87,708		1,305	180.6	180.4	15.29	15.28		10.00
2016	473,438	84,926	84,926	84,926	45	84,971		1,308	179.5	179.4	15.22	15.21		9.85
2017	458,151	80,733	80,733	(80,733)	48	80,781		1,265	176.3	176.2	14.99	14.98		9.49
2018	439,747	76,328	76,328	(76,044)	32	76,076		1,266	173.0	173.6	14.75	14.79		9.07
2019	420,170	73,207	73,207	(73,207)	23	73,230		1,182	174.3	174.2	14.84	14.84		8.78
2020	404,892	67,638	67,638	(67,638)	14	67,652		1,110	167.1	167.1	14.32	14.31		8.18
2021	399,431		(64,300)		4			984						(7.8)
2022			(61,200)											(7.5)
year	live births	abortions, reported	abortions (AWR)	abortions, residents, in country only	abortions, residents, obtained abroad	abortions, residents, total	abortions, occurrences by non-residents	fetal deaths	abortion ratio		abortion %		abortion rate, residents	abortion rate, occurences (AWR)
year	live births	abortions, reported	abortions (AWR)	abortions, residents, in country only	abortions, residents, obtained abroad	abortions, residents, total	abortions, occurrences by non-residents	fetal deaths	residents, in/out of country	all in country	residents, in/out of country	all in country	abortion rate, residents	abortion rate, occurences (AWR)

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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