Denmark abortions and live births by county, 1974-2006

compiled by Wm. Robert Johnston
last updated 21 March 2010

Reported abortions by county of residence, 1974-2006

Note: abortion figures for 1974 are by reporting year (October 1973-September 1974); figures for 1974-78 for Frederiksberg city are included with Copenhagen city.

county 1974 1978 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 county

Arhus County 2,939 3,084 2,896 2,647 2,669 2,568 2,572 2,712 2,781 2,817 2,901 2,789 2,647 2,507 2,526 2,271 2,360 2,198 2,031 1,936 1,830 1,835 1,877 1,693 1,798 1,689 1,642 1,717 Arhus County

Bornholm 140 170 176 175 168 154 136 140 138 148 135 125 160 118 126 112 123 114 107 91 86 66 85 85 99 88 81 96 Bornholm

Copenhagen 3,865 3,900 3,502 3,572 3,370 3,530 3,443 3,584 3,659 3,854 3,655 3,455 3,574 3,397 3,424 3,151 2,832 3,345 3,141 2,981 2,922 2,715 2,711 2,569 2,647 2,575 2,659 2,477 Copenhagen

Copenhagen County 3,729 3,716 3,387 3,126 3,130 3,125 2,788 2,838 2,853 2,992 3,151 3,028 2,733 2,442 2,399 2,216 2,245 2,424 2,320 2,285 1,885 2,017 2,125 2,128 2,207 2,113 2,091 2,123 Copenhagen County

Frederiksberg 429 435 388 388 429 460 548 574 549 495 513 470 460 407 434 426 427 411 405 376 364 351 369 382 385 329 Frederiksberg

Frederiksborg County 1,626 1,778 1,633 1,456 1,561 1,534 1,443 1,425 1,505 1,514 1,626 1,564 1,357 1,394 1,337 1,312 1,305 1,279 1,219 1,188 1,193 1,223 1,207 1,116 1,089 1,079 1,147 1,049 Frederiksborg County

Funen County 1,750 1,733 1,745 1,699 1,565 1,612 1,489 1,512 1,593 1,587 1,637 1,527 1,464 1,434 1,472 1,413 1,376 1,374 1,075 1,052 1,152 1,005 947 1,075 1,097 1,131 1,070 1,112 Funen County

North Jutland County 1,615 1,815 1,762 1,596 1,503 1,512 1,418 1,431 1,434 1,450 1,442 1,470 1,411 1,344 1,384 1,331 1,354 1,406 1,360 1,272 1,296 1,300 1,172 1,224 1,209 1,182 1,072 1,064 North Jutland County

Ribe County 813 803 797 701 659 661 664 619 693 669 710 649 578 566 548 551 613 555 527 520 516 515 464 486 512 514 486 525 Ribe County

Ringkobing County 794 845 776 706 716 667 623 639 783 667 687 664 591 583 574 528 583 547 592 533 525 502 473 447 472 475 483 460 Ringkobing County

Roskilde County 963 977 937 909 903 874 856 853 878 922 903 906 872 822 797 776 599 757 726 710 680 665 713 676 644 652 703 684 Roskilde County

South Jutland County 830 816 779 729 743 646 614 591 648 661 679 573 655 627 604 557 575 610 561 562 523 527 544 520 573 444 538 448 South Jutland County

Storstrom County 905 870 860 807 779 806 833 752 745 780 743 768 737 749 673 684 706 715 733 670 673 705 668 689 683 687 649 775 Storstrom County

Vejle County 1,320 1,250 1,203 1,077 983 1,012 959 991 1,003 979 974 942 973 971 932 864 884 839 813 846 843 822 704 699 842 896 844 815 Vejle County

Viborg County 704 751 749 713 641 665 669 587 640 670 669 595 550 544 494 517 521 550 465 473 485 484 432 464 485 469 463 436 Viborg County

West Zealand County 1,065 1,168 1,126 1,087 979 955 947 914 909 885 957 1,017 880 824 857 837 876 946 825 902 780 908 828 769 841 855 870 943 West Zealand County

DENMARK TOTAL 23,111 23,699 22,779 21,462 20,791 20,742 19,919 20,067 20,830 21,199 21,456 20,589 19,729 18,833 18,687 17,598 17,386 18,085 16,922 16,432 15,794 15,665 15,314 14,991 15,567 15,231 15,183 15,053 DENMARK TOTAL

Reported live births by county, 1974-2005

Note: figures for 1974-78 for Frederiksberg city are included with Copenhagen city.

county 1974 1978 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 county

Arhus County 8,914 7,547 6,336 6,244 6,213 6,236 6,397 6,743 6,759 7,170 7,510 7,795 7,972 8,493 8,399 8,733 8,744 8,602 8,622 8,435 8,334 8,488 8,338 8,193 8,341 8,395 8,233 Arhus County

Bornholm 650 593 513 546 528 488 456 524 535 505 510 488 522 464 498 462 500 458 436 437 402 386 379 362 369 345 349 Bornholm

Copenhagen 7,669 5,602 4,396 4,456 4,425 4,397 4,716 4,690 4,907 5,331 5,797 5,832 6,072 6,429 6,565 6,954 7,042 7,168 7,222 7,266 7,597 7,914 8,122 8,039 8,135 8,072 7,866 Copenhagen

Copenhagen County 8,643 7,070 5,931 5,916 5,624 5,595 5,923 6,078 6,273 6,562 6,756 7,069 7,260 7,590 7,669 7,998 7,915 7,485 7,513 7,470 7,248 7,335 7,094 7,085 7,068 6,940 7,091 Copenhagen County

Frederiksberg 696 751 687 736 732 778 802 856 940 919 1,042 1,083 1,113 1,173 1,314 1,330 1,303 1,363 1,409 1,488 1,480 1,420 1,503 1,535 1,392 Frederiksberg

Frederiksborg County 4,745 4,158 3,251 3,111 3,201 3,215 3,361 3,576 3,510 3,947 3,939 4,140 4,085 4,308 4,363 4,567 4,664 4,454 4,524 4,463 4,328 4,384 4,334 4,189 4,266 4,142 4,230 Frederiksborg County

Funen County 6,037 5,510 4,591 4,442 4,275 4,541 4,679 4,830 4,830 5,028 5,266 5,663 5,695 5,985 5,856 5,993 6,039 5,763 5,899 5,397 5,659 5,663 5,385 5,060 5,229 5,263 5,212 Funen County

North Jutland County 6,601 6,099 5,216 5,331 4,939 5,100 5,271 5,367 5,445 5,610 5,881 5,991 6,038 6,360 6,211 6,345 6,217 6,102 6,004 5,927 5,746 5,830 5,600 5,530 5,439 5,564 5,688 North Jutland County

Ribe County 3,031 2,903 2,581 2,587 2,461 2,543 2,549 2,606 2,658 2,786 2,814 3,026 3,009 3,134 3,059 3,164 3,130 2,971 2,985 2,807 2,887 2,878 2,709 2,576 2,584 2,529 2,399 Ribe County

Ringkobing County 4,056 3,716 3,239 3,202 3,034 3,038 3,132 3,286 3,297 3,384 3,540 3,474 3,680 3,728 3,653 3,821 3,724 3,514 3,642 3,575 3,440 3,536 3,513 3,323 3,403 3,338 3,340 Ringkobing County

Roskilde County 3,047 2,442 1,945 1,950 1,872 1,910 2,139 2,144 2,252 2,405 2,500 2,600 2,711 2,890 2,828 3,126 3,087 2,981 2,948 2,881 2,862 2,923 2,726 2,732 2,783 2,718 2,772 Roskilde County

South Jutland County 3,371 3,195 2,848 2,865 2,695 2,810 2,862 2,811 2,909 2,912 3,112 3,255 3,096 3,433 3,291 3,289 3,236 2,986 3,214 3,067 2,975 3,002 2,793 2,856 2,687 2,784 2,653 South Jutland County

Storstrom County 3,098 2,780 2,467 2,459 2,333 2,380 2,487 2,605 2,508 2,690 2,690 2,705 2,654 2,810 2,730 2,804 2,854 2,627 2,603 2,592 2,618 2,641 2,549 2,428 2,383 2,547 2,501 Storstrom County

Vejle County 4,655 4,136 3,669 3,588 3,408 3,421 3,527 3,589 3,698 3,792 3,952 4,147 4,177 4,399 4,525 4,521 4,590 4,666 4,514 4,351 4,449 4,467 4,372 4,282 4,416 4,383 4,325 Vejle County

Viborg County 3,115 3,019 2,635 2,516 2,472 2,630 2,656 2,567 2,821 2,706 2,873 2,948 2,946 3,059 3,026 3,022 3,094 2,997 2,860 2,838 2,866 2,828 2,733 2,748 2,723 2,751 2,649 Viborg County

West Zealand County 3,702 3,266 2,775 2,694 2,655 2,760 2,862 3,118 3,017 3,160 3,271 3,381 3,399 3,561 3,583 3,694 3,621 3,534 3,359 3,305 3,400 3,321 3,331 3,252 3,270 3,302 3,489 West Zealand County

DENMARK TOTAL 71,334 62,036 53,089 52,658 50,822 51,800 53,749 55,312 56,221 58,844 61,351 63,433 64,358 67,726 67,369 69,666 69,771 67,638 67,648 66,174 66,220 67,084 65,458 64,075 64,599 64,608 64,189 DENMARK TOTAL

Sources:

Statistics Denmark, 1975, Statistisk Arbog 1975, on line at Statistics Denmark [http://www.dst.dk/pubpdf/13350/areal].
Statistics Denmark, 1980, Statistisk Arbog 1980, on line at Statistics Denmark [http://www.dst.dk/pubpdf/13351/areal].
Statistics Denmark, June 2006, "Statistical Yearbook 2006," Statistics Denmark, on line [http://www.dst.dk/pukora/epub/upload/9335/entire.pdf].
Statistics Denmark, 2006, "StatBank Denmark," Statistics Denmark, on line [http://www.statbank.dk/statbank5a/default.asp?w=1680].
Statistics Denmark, 2010, "StatBank Denmark," Statistics Denmark, on line [http://www.statbank.dk/statbank5a/SelectVarVal/Define.asp?Maintable=FOD6&PLanguage=1].

© 2006, 2010 by Wm. Robert Johnston.
Last modified 21 March 2010.
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county	1974	1978	1981	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	county
Arhus County	2,939	3,084	2,896	2,647	2,669	2,568	2,572	2,712	2,781	2,817	2,901	2,789	2,647	2,507	2,526	2,271	2,360	2,198	2,031	1,936	1,830	1,835	1,877	1,693	1,798	1,689	1,642	1,717	Arhus County
Bornholm	140	170	176	175	168	154	136	140	138	148	135	125	160	118	126	112	123	114	107	91	86	66	85	85	99	88	81	96	Bornholm
Copenhagen	3,865	3,900	3,502	3,572	3,370	3,530	3,443	3,584	3,659	3,854	3,655	3,455	3,574	3,397	3,424	3,151	2,832	3,345	3,141	2,981	2,922	2,715	2,711	2,569	2,647	2,575	2,659	2,477	Copenhagen
Copenhagen County	3,729	3,716	3,387	3,126	3,130	3,125	2,788	2,838	2,853	2,992	3,151	3,028	2,733	2,442	2,399	2,216	2,245	2,424	2,320	2,285	1,885	2,017	2,125	2,128	2,207	2,113	2,091	2,123	Copenhagen County
Frederiksberg			429	435	388	388	429	460	548	574	549	495	513	470	460	407	434	426	427	411	405	376	364	351	369	382	385	329	Frederiksberg
Frederiksborg County	1,626	1,778	1,633	1,456	1,561	1,534	1,443	1,425	1,505	1,514	1,626	1,564	1,357	1,394	1,337	1,312	1,305	1,279	1,219	1,188	1,193	1,223	1,207	1,116	1,089	1,079	1,147	1,049	Frederiksborg County
Funen County	1,750	1,733	1,745	1,699	1,565	1,612	1,489	1,512	1,593	1,587	1,637	1,527	1,464	1,434	1,472	1,413	1,376	1,374	1,075	1,052	1,152	1,005	947	1,075	1,097	1,131	1,070	1,112	Funen County
North Jutland County	1,615	1,815	1,762	1,596	1,503	1,512	1,418	1,431	1,434	1,450	1,442	1,470	1,411	1,344	1,384	1,331	1,354	1,406	1,360	1,272	1,296	1,300	1,172	1,224	1,209	1,182	1,072	1,064	North Jutland County
Ribe County	813	803	797	701	659	661	664	619	693	669	710	649	578	566	548	551	613	555	527	520	516	515	464	486	512	514	486	525	Ribe County
Ringkobing County	794	845	776	706	716	667	623	639	783	667	687	664	591	583	574	528	583	547	592	533	525	502	473	447	472	475	483	460	Ringkobing County
Roskilde County	963	977	937	909	903	874	856	853	878	922	903	906	872	822	797	776	599	757	726	710	680	665	713	676	644	652	703	684	Roskilde County
South Jutland County	830	816	779	729	743	646	614	591	648	661	679	573	655	627	604	557	575	610	561	562	523	527	544	520	573	444	538	448	South Jutland County
Storstrom County	905	870	860	807	779	806	833	752	745	780	743	768	737	749	673	684	706	715	733	670	673	705	668	689	683	687	649	775	Storstrom County
Vejle County	1,320	1,250	1,203	1,077	983	1,012	959	991	1,003	979	974	942	973	971	932	864	884	839	813	846	843	822	704	699	842	896	844	815	Vejle County
Viborg County	704	751	749	713	641	665	669	587	640	670	669	595	550	544	494	517	521	550	465	473	485	484	432	464	485	469	463	436	Viborg County
West Zealand County	1,065	1,168	1,126	1,087	979	955	947	914	909	885	957	1,017	880	824	857	837	876	946	825	902	780	908	828	769	841	855	870	943	West Zealand County
DENMARK TOTAL	23,111	23,699	22,779	21,462	20,791	20,742	19,919	20,067	20,830	21,199	21,456	20,589	19,729	18,833	18,687	17,598	17,386	18,085	16,922	16,432	15,794	15,665	15,314	14,991	15,567	15,231	15,183	15,053	DENMARK TOTAL

county	1974	1978	1981	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	county
Arhus County	8,914	7,547	6,336	6,244	6,213	6,236	6,397	6,743	6,759	7,170	7,510	7,795	7,972	8,493	8,399	8,733	8,744	8,602	8,622	8,435	8,334	8,488	8,338	8,193	8,341	8,395	8,233	Arhus County
Bornholm	650	593	513	546	528	488	456	524	535	505	510	488	522	464	498	462	500	458	436	437	402	386	379	362	369	345	349	Bornholm
Copenhagen	7,669	5,602	4,396	4,456	4,425	4,397	4,716	4,690	4,907	5,331	5,797	5,832	6,072	6,429	6,565	6,954	7,042	7,168	7,222	7,266	7,597	7,914	8,122	8,039	8,135	8,072	7,866	Copenhagen
Copenhagen County	8,643	7,070	5,931	5,916	5,624	5,595	5,923	6,078	6,273	6,562	6,756	7,069	7,260	7,590	7,669	7,998	7,915	7,485	7,513	7,470	7,248	7,335	7,094	7,085	7,068	6,940	7,091	Copenhagen County
Frederiksberg			696	751	687	736	732	778	802	856	940	919	1,042	1,083	1,113	1,173	1,314	1,330	1,303	1,363	1,409	1,488	1,480	1,420	1,503	1,535	1,392	Frederiksberg
Frederiksborg County	4,745	4,158	3,251	3,111	3,201	3,215	3,361	3,576	3,510	3,947	3,939	4,140	4,085	4,308	4,363	4,567	4,664	4,454	4,524	4,463	4,328	4,384	4,334	4,189	4,266	4,142	4,230	Frederiksborg County
Funen County	6,037	5,510	4,591	4,442	4,275	4,541	4,679	4,830	4,830	5,028	5,266	5,663	5,695	5,985	5,856	5,993	6,039	5,763	5,899	5,397	5,659	5,663	5,385	5,060	5,229	5,263	5,212	Funen County
North Jutland County	6,601	6,099	5,216	5,331	4,939	5,100	5,271	5,367	5,445	5,610	5,881	5,991	6,038	6,360	6,211	6,345	6,217	6,102	6,004	5,927	5,746	5,830	5,600	5,530	5,439	5,564	5,688	North Jutland County
Ribe County	3,031	2,903	2,581	2,587	2,461	2,543	2,549	2,606	2,658	2,786	2,814	3,026	3,009	3,134	3,059	3,164	3,130	2,971	2,985	2,807	2,887	2,878	2,709	2,576	2,584	2,529	2,399	Ribe County
Ringkobing County	4,056	3,716	3,239	3,202	3,034	3,038	3,132	3,286	3,297	3,384	3,540	3,474	3,680	3,728	3,653	3,821	3,724	3,514	3,642	3,575	3,440	3,536	3,513	3,323	3,403	3,338	3,340	Ringkobing County
Roskilde County	3,047	2,442	1,945	1,950	1,872	1,910	2,139	2,144	2,252	2,405	2,500	2,600	2,711	2,890	2,828	3,126	3,087	2,981	2,948	2,881	2,862	2,923	2,726	2,732	2,783	2,718	2,772	Roskilde County
South Jutland County	3,371	3,195	2,848	2,865	2,695	2,810	2,862	2,811	2,909	2,912	3,112	3,255	3,096	3,433	3,291	3,289	3,236	2,986	3,214	3,067	2,975	3,002	2,793	2,856	2,687	2,784	2,653	South Jutland County
Storstrom County	3,098	2,780	2,467	2,459	2,333	2,380	2,487	2,605	2,508	2,690	2,690	2,705	2,654	2,810	2,730	2,804	2,854	2,627	2,603	2,592	2,618	2,641	2,549	2,428	2,383	2,547	2,501	Storstrom County
Vejle County	4,655	4,136	3,669	3,588	3,408	3,421	3,527	3,589	3,698	3,792	3,952	4,147	4,177	4,399	4,525	4,521	4,590	4,666	4,514	4,351	4,449	4,467	4,372	4,282	4,416	4,383	4,325	Vejle County
Viborg County	3,115	3,019	2,635	2,516	2,472	2,630	2,656	2,567	2,821	2,706	2,873	2,948	2,946	3,059	3,026	3,022	3,094	2,997	2,860	2,838	2,866	2,828	2,733	2,748	2,723	2,751	2,649	Viborg County
West Zealand County	3,702	3,266	2,775	2,694	2,655	2,760	2,862	3,118	3,017	3,160	3,271	3,381	3,399	3,561	3,583	3,694	3,621	3,534	3,359	3,305	3,400	3,321	3,331	3,252	3,270	3,302	3,489	West Zealand County
DENMARK TOTAL	71,334	62,036	53,089	52,658	50,822	51,800	53,749	55,312	56,221	58,844	61,351	63,433	64,358	67,726	67,369	69,666	69,771	67,638	67,648	66,174	66,220	67,084	65,458	64,075	64,599	64,608	64,189	DENMARK TOTAL