Historical abortion statistics, Serbia

Abortion statistics and other data--Johnston`s Archive

Historical abortion statistics, Serbia

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

Serbia 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)
1948	147,336	10,399	10,399	10,399		10,399				70.6	70.6	6.59	6.59
1949	156,217	11,787	11,787	11,787		11,787				75.5	75.5	7.02	7.02
1950	163,297	12,080	12,080	12,080		12,080				74.0	74.0	6.89	6.89
1951	145,197	13,442	13,442	13,442		13,442				92.6	92.6	8.47	8.47
1952	161,306	14,151	14,151	14,151		14,151				87.7	87.7	8.07	8.07
1953	151,672		(15,700)
1954	152,569		(17,300)
1955	140,396		(18,900)
1956	132,078		(20,400)
1957	118,535		(22,000)
1958	118,425		(47,000)
1959	114,872		(63,000)
1960	119,298	81,516	81,516	81,516		81,516				683.3	683.3	40.59	40.59
1961	115,222	95,196	95,196	95,196		95,196				826.2	826.2	45.24	45.24
1962	110,008		(101,200)
1963	108,324		(107,300)
1964	103,847		(113,300)
1965	106,699	73,800	(119,400)	73,800		73,800				691.7	691.7	40.89	40.89
1966	103,775		(125,500)
1967	103,491	131,502	131,502	131,502		131,502				1,270.7	1,270.7	55.96	55.96
1968	103,621		(144,500)
1969	105,478	157,557	157,557	157,557		157,557				1,493.7	1,493.7	59.90	59.90
1970	102,453		(155,100)
1971	104,070	(152,579)	(152,579)	(152,579)		(152,579)	152,579			1,466.1	1,466.1	59.45	59.45
1972	106,859		(157,300)
1973	108,361		(162,500)
1974	110,458		(164,400)
1975	112,945	(168,900)	(168,900)	(168,900)		(168,900)				1,495.4	1,495.4	59.93	59.93
1976	114,035		(173,200)
1977	111,510		(177,800)
1978	110,622	(181,900)	(181,900)	(181,900)		(181,900)				1,644.3	1,644.3	62.18	62.18
1979	109,953	(195,000)	(195,000)	(195,000)		(195,000)	195,000			1,773.5	1,773.5	63.94	63.94
1980	109,597	(198,200)	(198,200)	(198,200)		(198,200)				1,808.4	1,808.4	64.39	64.39
1981	103,407		(201,400)												147.57
1982	106,575		(204,700)												150.01
1983	108,003	(207,900)	(207,900)	(207,900)		(207,900)				1,924.9	1,924.9	65.81	65.81		151.85
1984	107,036	(214,700)	(214,700)	(214,700)		(214,700)				2,005.9	2,005.9	66.73	66.73		156.20
1985	101,929	214,806	214,806	214,806		214,806			967	2,107.4	2,107.4	67.82	67.82		155.26
1986	99,419	212,400	212,400	212,400		212,400			848	2,136.4	2,136.4	68.12	68.12		152.43
1987	98,279	205,343	205,343	205,343		205,343			983	2,089.4	2,089.4	67.63	67.63		147.68
1988	97,471	193,558	193,558	193,558		193,558			890	1,985.8	1,985.8	66.51	66.51		139.87
1989	91,270	193,755	193,755	193,755		193,755			691	2,122.9	2,122.9	67.98	67.98		140.83
1990	90,467	(172,000)	172,000	(172,000)		(172,000)			914	1,901.2	1,901.2	65.53	65.53		125.97
1991	90,378	154,449	154,449	(154,449)		154,449			825	1,708.9	1,708.9	63.08	63.08		114.53
1992	86,877	135,907	135,907	(135,907)		135,907			495	1,564.4	1,564.4	61.00	61.00		101.93
1993	87,931	113,720	113,720	(113,720)		113,720			523	1,293.3	1,293.3	56.39	56.39		86.36
1994	85,292	94,382	94,382	(94,382)		94,382			546	1,106.6	1,106.6	52.53	52.53		72.41
1995	86,236	92,785	92,785	(92,785)		92,785			890	1,075.9	1,075.9	51.83	51.83		71.97
1996	82,177	80,003	80,003	(80,003)		80,003			835	973.5	973.5	49.33	49.33		62.21
1997	79,716	60,723	60,723	(60,723)		60,723			758	761.7	761.7	43.24	43.24		47.50
1998	76,330	55,360	55,360	(55,360)		55,360			428	725.3	725.3	42.04	42.04		43.44
1999	72,222	39,730	39,730	(39,730)		39,730			386	550.1	550.1	35.49	35.49		31.15
2000	73,764	37,913	37,913	(37,913)		37,913			370	514.0	514.0	33.95	33.95	23.1	30.08
2001	78,435	30,647	30,647	(30,647)		30,647			418	390.7	390.7	28.10	28.10	18.8	24.61
2002	78,101	27,348	27,348	(27,348)		27,348			431	350.2	350.2	25.93	25.93	17.0	22.06
2003	79,025	25,373	25,373	(25,373)		25,373			411	321.1	321.1	24.30	24.30	16.7	20.59
2004	78,186	24,296	24,296	(24,296)		24,296			419	310.7	310.7	23.71	23.71	16.8	19.84
2005	68,400	22,512	22,512	(22,512)		22,512	26,645	3,351	361	329.1	329.1	24.76	24.76	15.2	18.50
2006	70,128	21,079	21,079	(21,079)		21,079	25,665	3,245	365	300.6	300.6	23.11	23.11	14.8	17.43
2007	66,826	19,752	19,752	(19,752)		19,752	24,273	3,242	369	295.6	295.6	22.81	22.81	14.1	16.44
2008	69,083	19,535	19,535	(19,535)		19,535	24,159	3,237	345	282.8	282.8	22.04	22.04	11.5	16.37
2009	70,299	18,215	18,215	(18,215)		18,215			366	259.1	259.1	20.58	20.58	10.8	15.38
2010	68,304	17,466	17,466	(17,466)		17,466			388	255.7	255.7	20.36	20.36	10.4	14.86
2011	65,598	15,963	15,963	(15,963)		15,963			328	243.3	243.3	19.57	19.57	10.7	13.69
2012	67,257	15,301	15,301	(15,301)		15,301			370	227.5	227.5	18.53	18.53	10.5	13.25
2013	65,554	13,650	13,650	(13,650)		13,650			307	208.2	208.2	17.23	17.23	9.5	11.95
2014	67,282	12,923	12,923	(12,923)		12,923			348	192.1	192.1	16.11	16.11		11.48
2015	65,657	12,242	12,242	(12,242)		12,242			388	186.5	186.5	15.72	15.72		11.04
2016	64,734	11,093	11,093	(11,093)		11,093			377	171.4	171.4	14.63	14.63		10.15
2017	64,894	10,378	10,378	(10,378)		10,378			349	159.9	159.9	13.79	13.79		9.62
2018	63,975	9,982	9,982	(9,982)		9,982			345	156.0	156.0	13.50	13.50		9.36
2019	64,399	9,843	9,843	(9,843)		9,843			358	152.8	152.8	13.26	13.26		9.34
2020	61,693	10,434	10,434	(10,434)		10,434				169.1	169.1	14.47	14.47		10.04
2021			(10,400)
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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