Historical abortion statistics, Romania

Abortion statistics and other data--Johnston`s Archive

Historical abortion statistics, Romania

compiled by Wm. Robert Johnston
last updated 4 June 2008

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 of childbearing age.

year	live births	abortions, reported	abortions, residents, in country only	abortions, residents, obtained abroad	abortions, residents, total	miscarriages and abortions	miscarriages	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	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
1938	459755							11421
1939
1940	414235							10341
1941
1942
1943
1944
1945
1946
1947
1948	379868
1949	444065
1950	426820							10752
1951	412534
1952	413217
1953	401717
1954	422346
1955	442800							8152
1956	425700
1957	407800
1958	390500	112100	(112100)		(112100)	17400			287.1	287.1	22.3	22.3
1959	368007	578000	(578000)		(578000)	16700			1570.6	1570.6	61.1	61.1	139.1
1960	352241	774000	(774000)		(774000)			5690	2197.4	2197.4	68.7	68.7	186.1
1961	324859	865000	(865000)		(865000)			5251	2662.7	2662.7	72.7	72.7	205.4
1962	301985	967000	(967000)		(967000)			4812	3202.1	3202.1	76.2	76.2	226.9
1963	294886	1037000	(1037000)		(1037000)			4601	3516.6	3516.6	77.9	77.9	240.4
1964	287383	1100000	(1100000)		(1100000)			4367	3827.6	3827.6	79.3	79.3	251.9
1965	278362	1115000	(1115000)		(1115000)			4048	4005.6	4005.6	80.0	80.0	252.3
1966	273678	973000	(973000)		(973000)			4072	3555.3	3555.3	78.0	78.0	218.7
1967	522900	206000	(206000)		(206000)			9644	394.0	394.0	28.3	28.3	46.0
1968	526091	220000	(220000)		(220000)			8625	418.2	418.2	29.5	29.5	48.8
1969	465764	258000	(258000)		(258000)			6984	553.9	553.9	35.6	35.6	56.9
1970	427034	292410	(292410)		(292410)			5728	684.7	684.7	40.6	40.6	63.9
1971	400146	330000	(330000)		(330000)			4822	824.7	824.7	45.2	45.2	71.9
1972	389153	381000	(381000)		(381000)			4288	979.0	979.0	49.5	49.5	82.7
1973	378696	376000	(376000)		(376000)			4194	992.9	992.9	49.8	49.8	81.3
1974	427732	335000	(335000)		(335000)			4801	783.2	783.2	43.9	43.9	72.0
1975	418185	359417	(359417)		(359417)			4288	859.5	859.5	46.2	46.2	77.1
1976	417353	383000	(383000)		(383000)			4186	917.7	917.7	47.9	47.9	82.6
1977	423958	379000	(379000)		(379000)			4144	894.0	894.0	47.2	47.2	82.0
1978	416598	394000	(394000)		(394000)			3919	945.8	945.8	48.6	48.6	85.6
1979	410603	404000	(404000)		(404000)			3754	983.9	983.9	49.6	49.6	88.1
1980	398904	413093	(413093)		(413093)			3518	1035.6	1035.6	50.9	50.9
1981	381101							3257
1982	344369	468041	(468041)		(468041)			2904	1359.1	1359.1	57.6	57.6
1983	321498							2605
1984	350741	303123	(303123)		(303123)			2988	864.2	864.2	46.4	46.4
1985	358797	302838	(302838)		(302838)			2824	844.0	844.0	45.8	45.8
1986	376896	183959	(183959)		(183959)			3053	488.1	488.1	32.8	32.8
1987	383199	182442	(182442)		(182442)			3053	476.1	476.1	32.3	32.3
1988	380043	185416	(185416)		(185416)			2926	487.9	487.9	32.8	32.8
1989	369544	193084	(193084)		(193084)			2821	522.5	522.5	34.3	34.3	34.6
1990	314746	992265	(992265)		(992265)			2231	3152.6	3152.6	75.9	75.9	182.0
1991	275275	866934	(866934)		(866934)			1910	3149.3	3149.3	75.9	75.9	158.7
1992	260393	691863	(691863)		(691863)			1700	2657.0	2657.0	72.7	72.7	124.3
1993	249994	585761	(585761)		(585761)			1582	2343.1	2343.1	70.1	70.1	104.0
1994	246736	530191	(530191)		(530191)			1623	2148.8	2148.8	68.2	68.2	93.2
1995	236640	502840	(502840)		(502840)			1472	2124.9	2124.9	68.0	68.0	87.5
1996	231348	456221	(456221)		(456221)			1428	1972.0	1972.0	66.4	66.4	78.8
1997	236891	347126	(347126)		(347126)			1483	1465.3	1465.3	59.4	59.4	59.7
1998	237297	271496	(271496)		(271496)			1514	1144.1	1144.1	53.4	53.4	46.6
1999	234600	259888	(259888)		(259888)			1459	1107.8	1107.8	52.6	52.6	44.6
2000	234521	257865	(257865)		(257865)			1393	1099.5	1099.5	52.4	52.4	44.4
2001	220368	254855	(254855)		(254855)			1282	1156.5	1156.5	53.6	53.6	43.8
2002	210529	247608	(247608)		(247608)		1178	1319	1176.1	1176.1	54.0	54.0	44.0
2003	212459	224807	(224807)		(224807)		1231	1290	1058.1	1058.1	51.4	51.4	40.0
2004	216261	191038	(191038)		(191038)		1355	1314	883.4	883.4	46.9	46.9	34.0
2005	221020	163459	(163459)		(163459)		1099	1262	739.6	739.6	42.5	42.5
2006	219483	150246	(150246)		(150246)			1143	684.5	684.5	40.6	40.6
2007
year	live births	abortions, reported	abortions, residents, in country only	abortions, residents, obtained abroad	abortions, residents, total	miscarriages and abortions	miscarriages	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	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

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.

Sources:

Callahan, Daniel, 1970, Abortion: Law, Choice and Morality, Macmillan Co. (New York, NY).
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Henshaw, Stanley K., Susheela Singh, and Taylor Haas, 1999, "Recent trends in abortion rates worldwide," International Family Planning Perspectives, 25(1):, on line at AGI [http://www.guttmacher.org/pubs/journals/2504499.html].
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Last modified 4 June 2008.
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