Historical abortion statistics, New Zealand

Abortion statistics and other data--Johnston`s Archive

Historical abortion statistics, New Zealand

compiled by Wm. Robert Johnston
last updated 3 July 2022

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 15-44.
Abortion rate, occurrences (AWR) is abortion occurrences from Abortion Worldwide Report figures per 1000 women ages 15-39.

New Zealand 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	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	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	49,149
1949	48,905
1950	49,414
1951	49,889
1952	51,928
1953	51,943
1954	54,131
1955	55,676
1956	56,593
1957	58,484
1958	60,635
1959	61,869
1960	62,850
1961	65,476
1962	65,014						843
1963	64,527						824
1964	62,302	76	76	(76)		76	814	1.2	1.2	0.12	0.12
1965	60,047	58	58	(58)		58	718	0.97	0.97	0.10	0.10
1966	60,003	70	70	(70)		70	668	1.2	1.2	0.12	0.12
1967	61,022	95	95	(95)		95	735	1.6	1.6	0.16	0.16
1968	62,112	128	128	(128)		128	752	2.1	2.1	0.21	0.21
1969	62,360	211	211	(211)		211	625	3.4	3.4	0.34	0.34
1970	62,050	313	313	(313)		313	671	5.0	5.0	0.50	0.50
1971	64,460		(700)				660
1972	63,215		(1,100)				643
1973	60,727		(1,500)				558
1974	59,336	(1,937)	1,937	(1,937)		1,937	511	32.6	32.6	3.16	3.16
1975	56,639	(3,320)	3,320	(3,320)		3,320	472	58.6	58.6	5.54	5.54
1976	55,105	4,682	4,682	(4,682)		4,682	423	85.0	85.0	7.83	7.83	7.3
1977	54,179	5,800	5,800	(5,800)		5,800	413	107.1	107.1	9.67	9.67	8.9
1978	51,029	2,700	2,700	(2,700)		2,700	364	52.9	52.9	5.03	5.03	3.8
1979	52,279	4,100	4,100	(4,100)		4,100	648	78.4	78.4	7.27	7.27	5.7
1980	50,542	5,945	5,945	(5,945)		5,945	349	117.6	117.6	10.52	10.52	8.6
1981	50,794	6,759	6,759	(6,759)		6,759	332	133.1	133.1	11.74	11.74	9.6
1982	49,938	6,903	6,903	(6,903)		6,903	297	138.2	138.2	12.14	12.14	9.6
1983	50,474	7,198	7,198	(7,198)	6	7,204	269	142.7	142.6	12.49	12.48	9.7
1984	51,636	7,275	7,275	(7,275)	12	7,287	261	141.1	140.9	12.37	12.35	9.7
1985	51,798	7,130	7,130	(7,130)	6	7,136	254	137.8	137.7	12.11	12.10	9.3
1986	52,823	8,079	8,079	(8,079)	7	8,086	250	153.1	152.9	13.28	13.27	10.5	11.72
1987	55,254	8,789	8,789	(8,789)		8,789	265	159.1	159.1	13.72	13.72	11.3	12.74
1988	57,546	10,044	10,044	(10,044)		10,044	277	174.5	174.5	14.86	14.86	12.8	14.60
1989	58,091	10,200	10,200	(10,200)		10,200	267	175.6	175.6	14.94	14.94	12.9	14.84
1990	60,153	11,173	11,173	(11,173)		11,173	247	185.7	185.7	15.66	15.66	14.0	16.18
1991	59,911	11,613	11,613	(11,613)		11,613	275	193.8	193.8	16.24	16.24	14.4	16.76
1992	59,166	11,595	11,595	(11,595)		11,595	237	196.0	196.0	16.39	16.39	14.3	16.71
1993	58,782	11,893	11,893	(11,893)		11,893	179	202.3	202.3	16.83	16.83	14.6	17.12
1994	57,321	12,835	12,835	(12,835)		12,835	185	223.9	223.9	18.29	18.29	15.7	18.39
1995	57,671	13,652	13,652	(13,652)		13,652	201	236.7	236.7	19.14	19.14	16.4	19.40
1996	57,280	14,805	14,805	(14,805)		14,805	191	258.5	258.5	20.54	20.54	17.3	20.88
1997	57,604	15,208	15,208	(15,208)		15,208	170	264.0	264.0	20.89	20.89	17.6	21.44
1998	55,349	15,029	15,029	(15,029)		15,029	325	271.5	271.5	21.35	21.35	17.4	21.33
1999	57,053	15,501	15,501	(15,501)	3	15,504	380	271.7	271.7	21.37	21.36	18.0	22.24
2000	56,605	16,103	16,103	(16,103)	7	16,110	168	284.6	284.5	22.15	22.15	18.7	23.37
2001	55,799	16,410	16,410	(16,410)	4	16,414	157	294.2	294.1	22.73	22.73	19.1	23.91
2002	54,021	17,380	17,380	(17,380)		17,380	167	321.7	321.7	24.34	24.34	19.9	25.13
2003	56,134	18,511	18,511	(18,511)		18,511	169	329.8	329.8	24.80	24.80	20.8	26.50
2004	58,073	18,211	18,211	(18,211)		18,211	228	313.6	313.6	23.87	23.87	20.2	25.94
2005	57,740	17,531	17,531	(17,531)		17,531	174	303.6	303.6	23.29	23.29	19.3	24.90
2006	59,193	17,934	17,934	17,857		17,857	162	301.7	303.0	23.18	23.25	19.6	25.36
2007	64,044	18,382	18,382	18,235		18,235	226	284.7	287.0	22.16	22.30	20.1	25.90
2008	64,343	17,940	17,940	17,757		17,757	234	276.0	278.8	21.63	21.80	19.7	25.28
2009	62,543	17,550	17,550	(17,550)		17,550	175	280.6	280.6	21.91	21.91	19.2	24.69
2010	63,897	16,630	16,630	(16,630)		16,630	185	260.3	260.3	20.65	20.65	18.1	23.34
2011	61,403	15,863	15,863	(15,863)		15,863	184	258.3	258.3	20.53	20.53	17.3	22.33
2012	61,178	14,745	14,745	(14,745)		14,745	158	241.0	241.0	19.42	19.42	16.1	20.84
2013	58,717	14,073	14,073	(14,073)		14,073	141	239.7	239.7	19.33	19.33	15.4	19.83
2014	57,243	13,137	13,137	(13,137)		13,137	147	229.5	229.5	18.67	18.67	14.4	18.21
2015	61,038	13,155	13,155	(13,155)		13,155	117	215.5	215.5	17.73	17.73		17.78
2016	59,427	12,823	12,823	(12,823)		12,823	144	215.8	215.8	17.75	17.75		16.87
2017	59,610	13,285	13,285	(13,285)		13,285	141	222.9	222.9	18.22	18.22		17.04
2018	58,020	13,282	13,282	(13,282)	5	13,287	126	229.0	228.9	18.63	18.63		16.69
2019	59,637	12,948	12,948	(12,948)		12,948	129	217.1	217.1	17.84	17.84		15.98
2020	57,753	13,246	13,246	13,246		13,246	135	229.4	229.4	18.66	18.66		16.09
2021			(13,200)
year	live births	abortions, reported	abortions (AWR)	abortions, residents, in country only	abortions, residents, obtained abroad	abortions, residents, total	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	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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