Historical abortion statistics, North Macedonia

Abortion statistics and other data--Johnston`s Archive

Historical abortion statistics, North Macedonia

compiled by Wm. Robert Johnston
last updated 8 July 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.

year	live births	abortions, reported	abortions (AWR)	abortions, residents, in country only	abortions, residents, obtained abroad	abortions, residents, total	miscarriages and abortions	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	miscarriages and abortions	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)
1950	49,560
1951	45,329
1952	51,054
1953	49,665
1954	50,984
1955	49,093
1956	47,486
1957	46,107
1958	44,619
1959	44,638
1960	44,059	9,366	9,366	(9,366)		9,366		437	212.6	212.6	17.53	17.53
1961	42,182		(9,700)
1962	40,615		(10,000)
1963	41,284		(10,400)
1964	42,897		(10,700)
1965	42,433	11,070	11,070	(11,070)		11,070		535	260.9	260.9	20.69	20.69
1966	41,434		(8,900)
1967	40,763	6,800	6,800	(6,800)		6,800			166.8	166.8	14.30	14.30
1968	40,123		(8,900)
1969	40,342		(10,900)
1970	37,862	15,074	15,074	(15,074)		15,074		427	398.1	398.1	28.48	28.48
1971	37,904		(15,600)				17,284
1972	38,187		(16,100)
1973	37,478		(16,600)
1974	38,382		(17,100)
1975	39,579	17,645	17,645	(17,645)		17,645		388	445.8	445.8	30.83	30.83	45.2
1976	39,809		(19,500)
1977	38,930		(21,300)
1978	38,790		(23,100)
1979	39,407		(24,900)
1980	39,784	26,726	26,726	(26,726)		26,726	26,726	394	671.8	671.8	40.18	40.18	64.1
1981	39,488		(27,500)
1982	39,789		(28,200)					370					68.6
1983	39,210		(29,000)
1984	38,861	29,731	29,731	(29,731)		29,731		371	765.1	765.1	43.34	43.34	65.1
1985	38,722	29,865	29,753	(29,865)		29,865		364	771.3	771.3	43.54	43.54
1986	38,234	30,467	30,467	(30,467)		30,467		409	796.9	796.9	44.35	44.35	70.6
1987	38,572	32,150	32,150	(32,150)		32,150		343	833.5	833.5	45.46	45.46
1988	37,879	30,885	27,089	(30,885)		30,885		384	815.4	815.4	44.91	44.91	66.7
1989	35,927	30,442	30,442	(30,442)		30,442		321	847.3	847.3	45.87	45.87	63.7
1990	35,401	21,994	21,894	(21,994)		21,994		303	621.3	621.3	38.32	38.32	52.2	61.05
1991	34,830	23,166	23,166	(23,166)		23,166		266	665.1	665.1	39.94	39.94	48.4	64.37
1992	33,238	19,855	19,855	(19,855)		19,855		302	597.4	597.4	37.40	37.40	41.2	54.54
1993	32,374	18,754	18,454	(18,754)		18,754		301	579.3	579.3	36.68	36.68	38.6	49.95
1994	33,487	16,480	16,480	(16,480)		16,480		330	492.1	492.1	32.98	32.98	33.6	44.20
1995	32,154	15,805	15,805	(15,805)		15,805		286	491.5	491.5	32.96	32.96	32.0	42.18
1996	31,403	14,164	14,164	(14,164)		14,164		309	451.0	451.0	31.08	31.08	28.5	37.55
1997	29,478	12,058	12,058	(12,058)		12,058		299	409.1	409.1	29.03	29.03	23.3	31.81
1998	29,244	12,015	12,015	(12,015)		12,015		303	410.9	410.9	29.12	29.12	23.1	31.57
1999	27,309	8,479	8,479	(8,479)		8,479		278	310.5	310.5	23.69	23.69	16.2	22.20
2000	29,308	11,407	11,407	(11,407)		11,407		266	389.2	389.2	28.02	28.02	25.0	29.79
2001	27,010	8,532	8,532	(8,532)		8,532		284	315.9	315.9	24.01	24.01	16.1	22.19
2002	27,761	7,876	7,876	(7,876)	15	7,891		291	284.2	283.7	22.13	22.10	14.9	20.40
2003	27,011	6,690	6,690	(6,690)		6,690		232	247.7	247.7	19.85	19.85	12.8	17.25
2004	23,361	7,540	7,524	(7,540)		7,540		258	322.8	322.8	24.40	24.40	14.3	19.34
2005	22,482	6,622	6,622	(6,622)		6,622		215	294.5	294.5	22.75	22.75	12.6	17.03
2006	22,585	6,164	6,164	(6,164)		6,164		201	272.9	272.9	21.44	21.44	11.7	15.83
2007	22,688	6,090	6,090	(6,090)		6,090		215	268.4	268.4	21.16	21.16	11.5	15.63
2008	22,945	5,900	5,900	(5,900)		5,900		222	257.1	257.1	20.45	20.45	11.2	15.16
2009	23,684	5,648	5,648	(5,648)		5,648		226	238.5	238.5	19.26	19.26	10.7	14.54
2010	24,296	5,078	5,078	(5,078)		5,078		211	209.0	209.0	17.29	17.29	9.6	13.05
2011	22,770	5,324	5,324	(5,324)		5,324		202	233.8	233.8	18.95	18.95	11.5	13.65
2012	23,568	5,387	5,387	(5,387)		5,387		184	228.6	228.6	18.60	18.60	11.6	13.83
2013	23,138	4,983	4,983	(4,983)		4,983		196	215.4	215.4	17.72	17.72		12.82
2014	23,674	4,738	4,738	(4,738)		4,738		171	200.1	200.1	16.68	16.68		12.24
2015	23,075	4,587	4,587	(4,587)		4,587		185	198.8	198.8	16.58	16.58		11.91
2016	23,002	4,251	4,251	(4,251)		4,251		197	184.8	184.8	15.60	15.60		11.09
2017	21,754	4,236	4,236	(4,236)		4,236		192	194.7	194.7	16.30	16.30	19.5	11.15
2018	21,660	3,992	3,992	(3,992)		3,992		151	184.3	184.3	15.56	15.56	18.7	10.61
2019	19,845	3,790	3,790	(3,790)		3,790		141	191.0	191.0	16.04	16.04	19.1	10.20
2020	19,031	3,308	3,308	(3,308)		3,308		136	173.8	173.8	14.81	14.81		9.03
2021	18,648	3,168	3,168	(3,168)		3,168			169.9	169.9	14.52	14.52		8.78
2022			(3,000)											(8.4)
year	live births	abortions, reported	abortions (AWR)	abortions, residents, in country only	abortions, residents, obtained abroad	abortions, residents, total	miscarriages and abortions	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	miscarriages and abortions	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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