Historical abortion statistics, Romania

Abortion statistics and other data--Johnston`s Archive

Historical abortion statistics, Romania

compiled by Wm. Robert Johnston
last updated 23 February 2017

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

Romania 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	miscarriages and abortions	miscarriages	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	miscarriages	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)
1938	459,755								11,421
1939
1940	414,235								10,341
1941
1942
1943
1944
1945
1946
1947
1948	379,868
1949	444,065
1950	426,820								10,752
1951	412,534
1952	413,217
1953	401,717
1954	422,346
1955	442,800								8,152
1956	425,700
1957	407,800		(56,000)					18,447	7,012
1958	390,500	112,100	112,100	(112,100)		112,100	17,400	17,381	6,732	287.1	287.1	22.30	22.30
1959	368,007	578,000	578,000	(578,000)		578,000	16,700	16,686	6,298	1,570.6	1,570.6	61.10	61.10	139.1
1960	352,241	769,776	769,776	(769,776)		769,776			5,690	2,185.4	2,185.4	68.61	68.61	186.1
1961	324,859	859,533	859,533	(859,533)		859,533			5,251	2,645.9	2,645.9	72.57	72.57	205.4
1962	301,985	961,679	961,679	(961,679)		961,679			4,812	3,184.5	3,184.5	76.10	76.10	226.9
1963	294,886	1,034,987	1,034,987	(1,034,987)		1,034,987			4,601	3,509.8	3,509.8	77.83	77.83	240.4
1964	287,383	1,097,932	1,097,932	(1,097,932)		1,097,932			4,367	3,820.4	3,820.4	79.26	79.26	251.9
1965	278,362	1,112,704	1,112,704	(1,112,704)		1,112,704			4,048	3,997.3	3,997.3	79.99	79.99	252.3
1966	273,678	973,447	973,447	(973,447)		973,447			4,072	3,556.9	3,556.9	78.06	78.06	218.7
1967	522,900	205,783	205,783	(205,783)		205,783			9,644	393.5	393.5	28.24	28.24	46.0
1968	526,091	220,193	220,193	(220,193)		220,193			8,625	418.5	418.5	29.51	29.51	48.8
1969	465,764	257,496	257,496	(257,496)		257,496			6,984	552.8	552.8	35.60	35.60	56.9
1970	427,034	292,410	292,410	(292,410)		292,410			5,728	684.7	684.7	40.64	40.64	63.9
1971	400,146	341,740	341,740	(341,740)		341,740			4,822	854.0	854.0	46.06	46.06	71.9
1972	389,153	380,625	380,625	(380,625)		380,625			4,288	978.1	978.1	49.45	49.45	82.7
1973	378,696	375,752	375,752	(375,752)		375,752			4,194	992.2	992.2	49.80	49.80	81.3
1974	427,732	334,621	334,621	(334,621)		334,621			4,801	782.3	782.3	43.89	43.89	72.0
1975	418,185	359,417	359,417	(359,417)		359,417			4,288	859.5	859.5	46.22	46.22	77.1
1976	417,353	383,220	383,220	(383,220)		383,220			4,186	918.2	918.2	47.87	47.87	82.6
1977	423,958	378,990	378,990	(378,990)		378,990			4,144	893.9	893.9	47.20	47.20	82.0
1978	416,598	394,636	394,636	(394,636)		394,636			3,919	947.3	947.3	48.65	48.65	85.6
1979	410,603	403,776	403,776	(403,776)		403,776			3,754	983.4	983.4	49.58	49.58	88.1
1980	398,904	413,093	413,093	(413,093)		413,093			3,518	1,035.6	1,035.6	50.87	50.87
1981	381,101	427,081	427,081	(427,081)		427,081			3,257
1982	344,369	468,041	468,041	(468,041)		468,041			2,904	1,359.1	1,359.1	57.61	57.61
1983	321,498	421,486	421,486	(421,486)		421,486			2,605
1984	350,741	303,123	303,123	(303,123)		303,123			2,988	864.2	864.2	46.36	46.36
1985	358,797	302,838	302,838	(302,838)		302,838			2,824	844.0	844.0	45.77	45.77
1986	376,896	183,959	183,959	(183,959)		183,959			3,053	488.1	488.1	32.80	32.80
1987	383,199	182,442	182,442	(182,442)		182,442			3,053	476.1	476.1	32.25	32.25
1988	380,043	185,416	185,416	(185,416)		185,416			2,926	487.9	487.9	32.79	32.79
1989	369,544	193,084	193,084	(193,084)		193,084			2,821	522.5	522.5	34.32	34.32	34.6
1990	314,746	992,265	992,265	(992,265)		992,265			2,231	3,152.6	3,152.6	75.92	75.92	182.0	236.08
1991	275,275	866,934	866,934	(866,934)		866,934			1,910	3,149.3	3,149.3	75.90	75.90	158.7	206.62
1992	260,393	691,863	691,863	(691,863)		691,863			1,700	2,657.0	2,657.0	72.66	72.66	124.3	165.10
1993	249,994	585,761	585,761	(585,761)		585,761			1,582	2,343.1	2,343.1	70.09	70.09	104.0	139.09
1994	246,736	530,191	530,191	(530,191)		530,191			1,623	2,148.8	2,148.8	68.24	68.24	93.2	125.44
1995	236,640	502,840	502,840	(502,840)		502,840			1,472	2,124.9	2,124.9	68.00	68.00	87.5	118.88
1996	231,348	456,221	456,221	(456,221)		456,221			1,428	1,972.0	1,972.0	66.35	66.35	78.8	108.00
1997	236,891	347,126	347,126	(347,126)		347,126			1,483	1,465.3	1,465.3	59.44	59.44	59.7	82.39
1998	237,297	271,496	271,496	(271,496)		271,496			1,514	1,144.1	1,144.1	53.36	53.36	46.6	64.67
1999	234,600	259,888	259,888	(259,888)		259,888			1,459	1,107.8	1,107.8	52.56	52.56	44.6	61.96
2000	234,521	257,865	257,865	(257,865)		257,865			1,393	1,099.5	1,099.5	52.37	52.37	44.4	61.30
2001	220,368	254,855	254,855	(254,855)		254,855			1,282	1,156.5	1,156.5	53.63	53.63	43.8	60.21
2002	210,529	247,608	247,608	(247,608)		247,608		1,178	1,319	1,176.1	1,176.1	54.05	54.05	44.0	57.93
2003	212,459	224,807	224,807	(224,807)		224,807		1,231	1,290	1,058.1	1,058.1	51.41	51.41	40.0	52.06
2004	216,261	191,038	191,038	(191,038)		191,038		1,355	1,314	883.4	883.4	46.90	46.90	34.0	43.81
2005	221,020	163,459	163,359	(163,459)		163,459		1,099	1,262	739.6	739.6	42.51	42.51	29.2	37.21
2006	219,483	150,246	150,246	(150,246)		150,246			1,143	684.5	684.5	40.64	40.64	27.1	34.16
2007	214,728	137,226	137,226	(137,226)	5	137,231			1,009	639.1	639.1	38.99	38.99	25.0	31.55
2008	221,900	127,909	127,909	(127,909)		127,909			993	576.4	576.4	36.57	36.57	23.5	30.16
2009	222,388	116,219	116,219	(116,219)	5	116,224			969	522.6	522.6	34.32	34.32	21.4	28.04
2010	212,199	101,915	101,915	(101,915)	5	101,920			856	480.3	480.3	32.45	32.45	19.0	25.07
2011	196,242	103,386	103,386	(103,386)	4	103,390			811	526.8	526.8	34.51	34.50	21.9	25.89
2012	201,104	88,135	88,135	(88,135)		88,135			779	438.3	438.3	30.47	30.47	18.6	22.43
2013	192,574	86,432	86,432	(86,432)	5	86,437			771	448.9	448.8	30.98	30.98	20.4	22.33
2014	193,103	78,371	78,371	(78,371)	5	78,376			781	405.9	405.9	28.87	28.87		20.62
2015	185,006		(71,400)												19.21
2016
2017
year	live births	abortions, reported	abortions (AWR)	abortions, residents, in country only	abortions, residents, obtained abroad	abortions, residents, total	miscarriages and abortions	miscarriages	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	miscarriages	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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