Historical abortion statistics, Netherlands

Abortion statistics and other data--Johnston`s Archive

Historical abortion statistics, Netherlands

compiled by Wm. Robert Johnston
last updated 27 January 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 15-44.

year	live births	abortions, reported	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
year	live births	abortions, reported	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
1948	247923
1949	236177
1950	229718
1951	228405
1952	231888
1953	227964
1954	228173
1955	229222
1956	231492
1957	233892
1958	236859
1959	242518
1960	239128						3618
1961	247407
1962	246150
1963	249879
1964	250914
1965	245216						3262
1966	239611
1967	238678
1968	237112			37	(37)			0.16		0.02
1969	247588			137	(137)			0.55		0.06
1970	238912	16485	16485	816	16485		2588	69.0	69.0	6.5	6.5	3.7
1971	227180	16500	16500	843	16500			72.6	72.6	6.8	6.8	6.1
1972	214133	38500	26000	243	26000	12500		121.4	179.8	10.8	15.2	7.6
1973	194993	(25000)	20300	101	20300			104.1	128.2	9.4	11.4	7.3
1974	185982	(80000)	17600	80	17600	48000		94.6	430.1	8.6	30.1	6.2
1975	177876	99500	15500	83	15500	84000	1374	87.1	559.4	8.0	35.9	5.5
1976	177090	16000	16000	97	16000			90.3	90.3	8.3	8.3	5.5
1977	173296	84900	16400	88	16400	68500		94.6	489.9	8.6	32.9	5.5
1978	175550	69900	15900	79	15900	52000		90.6	398.2	8.3	28.5	5.2
1979	174979	59000	17600	38	17600	41400		100.6	337.2	9.1	25.2	5.6
1980	181294	58000	21300	41	21300	36700	1205	117.5	319.9	10.5	24.2	6.7
1981	178569	42100	21100	41	21100	21000		118.2	235.8	10.6	19.1	6.5
1982	172071	45000	20700	46	20700	24300		120.3	261.5	10.7	20.7	6.3
1983	170246	34100	19500	26	19500	14571		114.5	200.3	10.3	16.7	5.9
1984	174436	43200	18700	38	18700	11602	1036	107.2	247.7	9.7	19.8	5.6
1985	178136	37972	17251	34	17251	20651	1054	96.8	213.2	8.8	17.6	5.1
1986	184513	18252	18252	32	18252		1060	98.9	98.9	9.0	9.0	5.3
1987	186667	36000	17760		17760	18200	1036	95.1	192.9	8.7	16.2	5.1
1988	186647	18014	18014		18014		1038	96.5	96.5	8.8	8.8	5.1
1989	188979	17996	17996		17996		1100	95.2	95.2	8.7	8.7	5.1
1990	197965	30242	18384		18384	11852	1139	92.9	152.8	8.5	13.3	5.2
1991	198665	19568	19568		19568		1067	98.5	98.5	9.0	9.0	5.6
1992	196734	29632	19422	100	19422	10192	1114	98.7	150.6	9.0	13.1	5.6
1993	195748	29515	19804	100	19804	9682	1071	101.2	150.8	9.2	13.1	5.7
1994	195611	29409	20811	100	20811	8558	1055	106.4	150.3	9.6	13.1	6.0
1995	190513	28685	20932	100	20932	7707	863	109.9	150.6	9.9	13.1	6.1
1996	189521	29866	22441	100	22441	7412	884	118.4	157.6	10.6	13.6	7.0
1997	192000	29266	22413		22413	6843	985	116.7	152.4	10.5	13.2	6.5
1998	199408	30714	24141	25	24141	6560	965	121.1	154.0	10.8	13.3	7.0
1999	200445	31675	25318	15	25318	6338	944	126.3	158.0	11.2	13.6	7.4
2000	206619	33335	27205	15	27205	6121	1000	131.7	161.3	11.6	13.9	8.0
2001	202603	34168	28437	25	28437	5719	996	140.4	168.6	12.3	14.4	8.4
2002	202083	34168	29451		29451	4704	945	145.7	169.1	12.7	14.5	8.7
2003	200297	33159	28812	9	28812	4335	928	143.8	165.5	12.6	14.2	9.0
2004	194007	33342	29094		29094	4228	795	150.0	171.9	13.0	14.7	8.7
2005	187910	32982	32982	5	32982	4240	760	175.5	175.5	14.9	14.9	8.6
2006	185057	32992	28471		28471		642	153.8	178.3	13.3	15.1	8.6
2007	181336	33148	28330		28330		608	156.2	182.8	13.5	15.5
2008
2009
year	live births	abortions, reported	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
year	live births	abortions, reported	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

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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