Ireland abortions and live births by county, 2012-2016

compiled by Wm. Robert Johnston
last updated 22 October 2017

Reported abortions abroad by county of residence, 2012-2016

Note: Abortion is illegal in Ireland except in cases where the mother's life is at risk. Data provided here is based on abortions obtained by Irish residents abroad in the United Kingdom.

county	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016
Carlow	36	38	24	35	36
Cavan	33	22	51	32	33
Clare	64	55	59	81	53
Cork	320	262	345	280	241
Donegal	83	87	88	67	63
Dublin	1,275	1,164	1,389	1,311	1,175
Galway	138	133	175	156	113
Kerry	74	51	63	56	49
Kildare	120	124	148	147	130
Kilkenny	37	32	48	42	44
Laois	30	30	36	35	42
Leitrim	21	9	15	17	21
Limerick	106	94	110	111	99
Longford	31	19	17	23	16
Louth	88	93	76	94	83
Mayo	45	51	75	60	38
Meath	86	119	125	141	100
Monaghan	23	20	22	19	15
Offaly	58	42	52	39	28
Roscommon	28	27	27	25	20
Sligo	38	33	34	38	29
Tipperary, North and South	101	74	89	70	69
Waterford	45	57	69	68	56
Westmeath	47	45	43	56	38
Wexford	78	66	102	114	69
Wicklow	88	77	88	103	85
UNKNOWN	889	855	365	231	520
IRELAND TOTAL	3,982	3,679	3,735	3,451	3,265

Reported live births by county, 2012-2016

county	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016
Carlow	948	852	927	828	743
Cavan	1,161	1,100	1,051	1,070	1,028
Clare	1,690	1,491	1,459	1,542	1,480
Cork	8,064	7,851	7,544	7,551	7,031
Donegal	2,104	1,919	1,842	1,896	1,900
Dublin	21,458	20,354	20,271	19,688	19,208
Galway	3,957	3,730	3,611	3,539	3,491
Kerry	1,930	1,802	1,719	1,704	1,735
Kildare	3,689	3,417	3,444	3,391	3,252
Kilkenny	1,405	1,328	1,315	1,219	1,168
Laois	1,292	1,200	1,185	1,182	1,109
Leitrim	447	458	399	414	418
Limerick	2,884	2,734	2,724	2,710	2,614
Longford	645	612	571	563	593
Louth	1,891	1,968	1,819	1,819	1,812
Mayo	1,784	1,713	1,650	1,577	1,567
Meath	3,206	3,202	2,982	2,799	2,805
Monaghan	838	830	819	817	796
Offaly	1,170	1,075	1,141	1,040	1,008
Roscommon	869	875	802	751	764
Sligo	982	875	817	808	774
Tipperary, North and South	2,240	2,287	2,102	2,143	2,047
Waterford	1,687	1,707	1,618	1,565	1,498
Westmeath	1,398	1,362	1,360	1,274	1,257
Wexford	2,241	2,086	2,096	1,988	1,901
Wicklow	2,245	2,102	2,027	2,031	1,898
IRELAND TOTAL	72,225	68,930	67,295	65,909	63,897

Sources:

Central Statistics Office, Ireland, 2015, "Vital statistics yearly summary 2014," CSO, on line [http://www.cso.ie/en/releasesandpublications/ep/p-vsar/vsar2014/births2014/].
Central Statistics Office, Ireland, 31 May 2016, "Vital statistics yearly summary 2015," CSO, on line [http://pdf.cso.ie/www/pdf/20160628033934_Vital_Statistics_Yearly_Summary_2015_full.pdf].
Central Statistics Office, Ireland, 31 May 2017, "Vital statistics yearly summary 2016," CSO, on line [http://pdf.cso.ie/www/pdf/20170601121401_Vital_Statistics_Yearly_Summary_2016_full.pdf].
Department of Health, 12 June 2014, "Abortion Statistics, England and Wales: 2013," Gov.UK, on line [https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/319460/Abortion_Statistics__England_and_Wales_2013.pdf].
Department of Health, 2015, "Abortion Statistics, England and Wales: 2014, complete tables," Gov.UK, on line [https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/530597/2014_complete_tables.xlsx].
Department of Health, 2016, "Abortion Statistics, England and Wales: 2015," Gov.UK, on line [https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/570040/Updated_Abortion_Statistics_2015.pdf].
Department of Health, July 2013, "Abortion Statistics, England and Wales: 2012," Gov.UK, on line [https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/211790/2012_Abortion_Statistics.pdf].
Department of Health, Oct. 2017, "Abortion Statistics, England and Wales: 2016," Gov.UK, on line [https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/652083/Abortion_stats_England_Wales_2016.pdf].

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