Historical abortion statistics, Yugoslavia

Abortion statistics and other data--Johnston`s Archive

Historical abortion statistics, Yugoslavia

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.

Yugoslavia 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	fetal deaths	abortion ratio		abortion %		abortion rate, residents
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
1948	446,634	10,399	10,399	(10,399)		10,399			23.3	23.3	2.28	2.28
1949	483,663	11,787	11,787	(11,787)		11,787			24.4	24.4	2.38	2.38
1950	494,215	12,080	12,080	(12,080)		12,080			24.4	24.4	2.39	2.39
1951	447,436	13,442	13,442	(13,442)		13,442			30.0	30.0	2.92	2.92
1952	499,280	14,151	14,151	(14,151)		14,151			28.3	28.3	2.76	2.76
1953	484,139		(16,000)			16,000			33.0	33.0	3.20	3.20
1954	493,567		(18,000)			18,000			36.5	36.5	3.52	3.52
1955	471,394	(441)	(21,000)	(441)		21,000			44.5	44.5	4.26	4.26
1956	460,235	(800)	(24,000)	(800)		24,000			52.1	52.1	4.96	4.96
1957	426,701	(2,200)	(32,000)	(2,200)		32,000			75.0	75.0	6.98	6.98
1958	432,399	(4,700)	(68,000)	(4,700)		68,000			157.3	157.3	13.59	13.59
1959	424,276	54,500	(91,000)	(54,500)		91,000	57,300		214.5	214.5	17.66	17.66
1960	432,595	99,111	(126,000)	(99,111)		126,000	56,600		291.3	291.3	22.56	22.56	18.3
1961	422,180	104,700	(147,000)	(104,700)		147,000	59,800		348.2	348.2	25.83	25.83
1962	413,093	150,000	(162,000)	(150,000)		162,000			392.2	392.2	28.17	28.17
1963	407,407	150,000	(175,000)	(150,000)		175,000			429.5	429.5	30.05	30.05	33.3
1964	401,104	158,600	(187,000)	(158,600)		187,000			466.2	466.2	31.80	31.80	35.1
1965	408,158	182,400	(200,000)	(182,400)		200,000			490.0	490.0	32.89	32.89	39.8
1966	399,802	219,537	219,537	219,537		219,537			549.1	549.1	35.45	35.45	42.2
1967	389,640	242,055	242,055	(242,055)		242,055			621.2	621.2	38.32	38.32	44.9
1968	382,543	226,000	226,000	226,000		226,000			590.8	590.8	37.14	37.14	46.0
1969	382,764	213,400	243,000	(213,400)		243,000			634.9	634.9	38.83	38.83	43.9
1970	363,278	254,442	250,000	(254,442)		250,000			688.2	688.2	40.76	40.76	53.4
1971	375,762	(255,000)	252,000	(255,000)		252,000	261,902		670.6	670.6	40.14	40.14
1972	380,743	267,741	257,000	(267,741)		257,000			675.0	675.0	40.30	40.30
1973	379,051	(46,800)	267,000	(46,800)		267,000			704.4	704.4	41.33	41.33
1974	382,947	(48,000)	274,000	(48,000)		274,000			715.5	715.5	41.71	41.71
1975	388,037	293,219	284,000	(293,219)		284,000			731.9	731.9	42.26	42.26	88.2
1976	392,364	(52,100)	294,000	(52,100)		294,000			749.3	749.3	42.83	42.83
1977	384,637	(58,000)	308,000	(58,000)		308,000			800.8	800.8	44.47	44.47
1978	381,387	(329,000)	316,000	(329,000)		316,000	335,102		828.6	828.6	45.31	45.31
1979	378,803	(61,347)	338,000	(61,347)		338,000			892.3	892.3	47.15	47.15
1980	382,120	356,431	352,000	(356,431)		352,000	362,000		921.2	921.2	47.95	47.95	101.4
1981	369,047	(71,113)	363,000	(71,113)		363,000			983.6	983.6	49.59	49.59
1982	378,814	(71,278)	370,000	(71,278)		370,000			976.7	976.7	49.41	49.41
1983	374,610	331,883	371,000	(331,883)		371,000			990.4	990.4	49.76	49.76
1984	377,383	373,679	385,000	(373,679)		385,000			1,020.2	1,020.2	50.50	50.50	106.6
1985	366,629	380,920	392,400	(380,920)		392,400			1,070.3	1,070.3	51.70	51.70
1986	359,626	380,028	392,298	(380,028)		392,298			1,090.8	1,090.8	52.17	52.17	104.7
1987	359,338	379,849	390,800	(379,849)		390,800		2,238	1,087.6	1,087.6	52.10	52.10	71.6
1988	356,268	360,459	367,200	(360,459)		367,200		2,074	1,030.7	1,030.7	50.76	50.76	94.3
1989	336,394	365,517	367,802	(365,517)		367,802		1,839	1,093.4	1,093.4	52.23	52.23
1990	335,152	346,446	330,000	(346,446)		330,000			984.6	984.6	49.61	49.61	90.0
1991	325,261	235,039	305,000	(235,039)		305,000			937.7	937.7	48.39	48.39	72.3
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
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

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.
Callahan, Daniel, 1970, Abortion: Law, Choice and Morality, Macmillan Co. (New York, NY).
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].
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].
Tietze, Christopher, 1969, "Induced abortion as a method of fertility control," in Fertility and Family Planning: A World View, ed. by S. J. Behrman, Leslie Corsa, Jr., and Ronald Freedman, Univ. of Michigan Press (Ann Arbor, MI), pp. 311-337.
Tietze, Christopher, ed., 1981, Induced Abortion: A World Review 1981, Population Council (New York, NY).
United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, 1976, United Nations Demographic Yearbook 1975, United Nations (New York, NY).
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].
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