Historical abortion statistics, Serbia and Montenegro

Abortion statistics and other data--Johnston`s Archive

Historical abortion statistics, Serbia and Montenegro

compiled by Wm. Robert Johnston
last updated 25 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.

year	live births	abortions, reported	abortions (AWR)	abortions, residents, in country only	abortions, residents, obtained abroad	abortions, residents, total	miscarriages and abortions	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	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)
1947	173,084
1948	186,719		10,399
1949	200,941		11,787
1950	210,423		12,080
1951	187,394		13,442
1952	210,233		14,151
1953	200,147		(15,700)
1954	205,592		(17,300)
1955	190,682		(18,900)
1956	183,551		(20,400)
1957	166,445		(22,000)
1958	171,394		(47,000)
1959	164,850		(63,000)
1960	174,056	81,516	82,916	81,516		81,516		1,739	468.3	468.3	31.90	31.90
1961	168,777	95,196	97,096	95,196		95,196		1,732	564.0	564.0	36.06	36.06
1962	164,350		(104,000)					1,571
1963	162,831		(110,700)					1,550
1964	159,003		(117,300)					1,567
1965	162,601	73,800	(123,700)	73,800		73,800		1,477	453.9	453.9	31.22	31.22
1966	158,413		(130,000)					1,392
1967	158,978	138,602	136,002	138,602		138,602		1,490	871.8	871.8	46.58	46.58
1968	159,275		(149,100)					1,499
1969	163,217	162,643	162,157	162,643		162,643		1,425	996.5	996.5	49.91	49.91
1970	157,585		(159,700)					1,360
1971	161,996		(157,169)				157,169	1,343
1972	165,740		(162,000)					1,279
1973	166,740		(167,400)					1,274
1974	170,856		(169,400)					1,269
1975	172,812		(174,000)					1,278
1976	176,101		(178,500)					1,241
1977	172,097		(183,200)					1,246
1978	170,233	(187,500)	(187,500)	(187,500)		(187,500)	201,000	1,254	1,101.4	1,101.4	52.41	52.41
1979	168,443	200,689	200,689	(200,689)		200,689		1,189	1,191.4	1,191.4	54.37	54.37
1980	173,286		(204,200)					1,152
1981	161,853		(207,800)					1,124						152.26
1982	170,019		(211,400)					1,193						154.92
1983	168,305	214,960	215,000	(214,960)		214,960		1,172	1,277.2	1,277.2	56.09	56.09		157.03
1984	172,800	222,129	222,100	(222,129)		222,129		1,024	1,285.5	1,285.5	56.25	56.25		161.58
1985	166,578	222,573	222,573	(222,573)		222,573		1,011	1,336.1	1,336.1	57.19	57.19		160.88
1986	164,393	220,259	220,259	(220,259)		220,259		893	1,339.8	1,339.8	57.26	57.26		158.07
1987	165,067	213,422	213,422	(213,422)		213,422		1,029	1,292.9	1,292.9	56.39	56.39		153.49
1988	163,944	201,586	201,586	(201,586)		201,586		930	1,229.6	1,229.6	55.15	55.15		145.67
1989	154,560	201,660	201,660	(201,660)		(201,660)		728	1,304.7	1,304.7	56.61	56.61	79.9	146.58
1990	155,022	177,800	177,800	(177,800)		177,800		955	1,146.9	1,146.9	53.42	53.42	77.1	119.85
1991	152,250	159,949	159,949	(159,949)		159,949		869	1,050.6	1,050.6	51.23	51.23	62.3	109.05
1992	140,819	142,207	142,207	(142,207)		142,207		832	1,009.9	1,009.9	50.25	50.25	56.5	97.95
1993	140,985	118,020	118,020	(118,020)		118,020		771	837.1	837.1	45.57	45.57	46.9	82.08
1994	137,629	97,982	97,982	(97,982)		97,982		817	711.9	711.9	41.59	41.59	38.5	68.63
1995	140,504	95,985	95,985	(95,985)		95,985		934	683.1	683.1	40.59	40.59	37.3	67.75
1996	137,683	82,803	82,803	(82,803)		82,803		895	601.4	601.4	37.55	37.55	31.9	58.47
1997	131,394	63,123	63,123	(63,123)		63,123		809	480.4	480.4	32.45	32.45	24.4	44.76
1998	128,461	57,960	57,960	(57,960)		57,960		786	451.2	451.2	31.09	31.09	22.3	41.17
1999	123,970	42,530	42,530	(42,530)		42,530		722	343.1	343.1	25.54	25.54		30.11
2000	125,868	40,689	40,689	(40,689)		40,689		715	323.3	323.3	24.43	24.43		29.07
2001	130,194	32,994	32,994	(32,994)		32,994		741	253.4	253.4	20.22	20.22		23.85
2002	86,600	29,488	29,488	(29,488)		29,488		479	340.5	340.5	25.40	25.40	15.0	21.39
2003	87,367	27,352	27,352	(27,352)		27,352		453	313.1	313.1	23.84	23.84		19.89
2004	(88,406)	26,079	26,079	(26,079)		26,079		431	295.0	295.0	22.78	22.78		19.04
2005	79,532	24,014	24,014	(24,014)		24,014			301.9	301.9	23.19	23.19		17.60
year	live births	abortions, reported	abortions (AWR)	abortions, residents, in country only	abortions, residents, obtained abroad	abortions, residents, total	miscarriages and abortions	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	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.

Sources (incomplete):

Andolsek, Lidija, 1988, "Yugoslavia," in International Handbook on Abortion, ed. by Paul Sachdev, Greenwood Press (New York, NY), pp. 495-504.
Council of Europe, 2004, "Serbia and Montenegro, Table 2: Births, deaths and legal abortions," in Recent Demographic Developments in Europe: Demographic Yearbook 2003, on line at COE [http://www.coe.int/t/e/social_cohesion/population/SGCTAB2.xls].
Johnston, Wm. Robert, Nov. 2010, "Abortions and live births for divided countries," working paper, see "Historical abortion statistics by country," Johnston's Archive, on line [http://www.johnstonsarchive.net/policy/abortion/index.html#ST].
Johnston, Wm. Robert, Oct. 2007, "Abortions and live births for divided countries," working paper, see "Historical abortion statistics by country," Johnston's Archive, on line [http://www.johnstonsarchive.net/policy/abortion/index.html#ST].
Rasevic, Mirjana, 2004, "The question of abortion in Serbia," Espace, Populations, Societes, 2004(3):681-693.
Sedgh, Gilda, Stanley K. Henshaw, Susheela Singh, Akinrinola Bankole, and Taylor Haas, Sept. 2007, "Legal abortion worldwide: incidence and recent trends," International Family Planning Perspectives, 33:106-116, on line at AGI [http://www.guttmacher.org/pubs/journals/3310607.html].
UNICEF Innocenti Research Centre, 2006, "TransMONEE 2006," in TransMONEE 2006 Database, UNICEF IRC (Florence, France), on line at UNICEF Innocenti Research Centre [http://www.unicef-icdc.org/resources/transmonee/2006/Tables_TransMONEE%202006.xls].
United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, 2000, "Table 5. Live births by age of mother, sex and urban/rural residence: 1948-1997," in United Nations Demographic Yearbook 1948-1997: Historical Supplement, United Nations (New York, NY), on line at United Nations Statistics Division [http://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic/products/dyb/DYBHist/HistTab05.pdf].
United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, 2002, "Table 13. Legally induced abortions: 1991-1999," in United Nations Demographic Yearbook 2000, United Nations (New York, NY), on line at United Nations Statistics Division [http://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic/products/dyb/DYB2000/Table13.pdf].
United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, 2006, "Table 12. Late foetal deaths and late foetal death ratios, by urban/rural residence: 2000-2004," in United Nations Demographic Yearbook 2004, United Nations (New York, NY), on line at United Nations Statistics Division [http://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic/products/dyb/DYB2004/Table12.pdf].
United Nations Statistics Division, 21 Feb. 2008, "Live births by sex and urban/rural residence," on line at UNdata [http://data.un.org/Data.aspx?d=POP&f=tableCode%3a4].
World Bank, 21 May 2002, "Gender in transition, statistical annex," European Commission, on line [http://ec.europa.eu/employment_social/employment_analysis/gender/gend_in_trans_stat_an.pdf].

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