Abortion ratios for Japan prefectures, 1955-2007
| prefecture | 1955 | 1960 | 1965 | 1970 | 1975 | 1980 | 1985 | 1990 | 1995 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | prefecture |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aichi | 590 | 367 | 366 | 366 | 342 | 256 | 230 | 230 | 228 | 230 | 217 | 228 | 215 | 216 | 202 | 186 | Aichi | |||
| Akita | 872 | 623 | 602 | 718 | 629 | 470 | 421 | 454 | 448 | 442 | 431 | 418 | 379 | 352 | 335 | 296 | Akita | |||
| Aomori | 645 | 352 | 316 | 359 | 359 | 282 | 344 | 345 | 343 | 342 | 311 | 304 | 308 | 315 | 291 | 288 | Aomori | |||
| Chiba | 300 | 202 | 250 | 263 | 264 | 211 | 199 | 213 | 201 | 198 | 184 | 182 | 176 | 180 | 172 | 164 | Chiba | |||
| Ehime | 689 | 227 | 261 | 332 | 366 | 316 | 301 | 313 | 312 | 322 | 325 | 320 | 329 | 315 | 298 | 278 | Ehime | |||
| Fukui | 437 | 302 | 296 | 287 | 277 | 248 | 269 | 263 | 277 | 275 | 263 | 244 | 236 | 224 | 217 | 205 | Fukui | |||
| Fukuoka | 918 | 453 | 436 | 466 | 486 | 394 | 383 | 405 | 425 | 428 | 427 | 416 | 393 | 386 | 346 | 321 | Fukuoka | |||
| Fukushima | 602 | 515 | 553 | 497 | 508 | 397 | 386 | 398 | 392 | 412 | 400 | 380 | 377 | 356 | 339 | 319 | Fukushima | |||
| Gifu | 530 | 279 | 323 | 342 | 340 | 246 | 244 | 273 | 260 | 266 | 244 | 259 | 271 | 242 | 226 | 196 | Gifu | |||
| Gumma | 937 | 277 | 332 | 364 | 335 | 288 | 295 | 303 | 305 | 313 | 288 | 278 | 279 | 283 | 265 | 244 | Gumma | |||
| Hiroshima | 519 | 328 | 369 | 368 | 357 | 294 | 302 | 316 | 314 | 312 | 305 | 306 | 297 | 292 | 274 | 247 | Hiroshima | |||
| Hokkaido | 827 | 563 | 665 | 670 | 623 | 484 | 463 | 488 | 484 | 490 | 452 | 432 | 403 | 401 | 356 | 327 | Hokkaido | |||
| Hyogo | 678 | 346 | 357 | 357 | 319 | 254 | 231 | 223 | 224 | 228 | 224 | 231 | 226 | 232 | 203 | 198 | Hyogo | |||
| Ibaraki | 341 | 136 | 170 | 198 | 216 | 200 | 204 | 217 | 228 | 232 | 250 | 202 | 208 | 232 | 198 | 186 | Ibaraki | |||
| Ishikawa | 445 | 381 | 402 | 366 | 359 | 255 | 257 | 267 | 266 | 269 | 273 | 267 | 254 | 255 | 230 | 222 | Ishikawa | |||
| Iwate | 750 | 485 | 564 | 566 | 507 | 426 | 416 | 425 | 427 | 422 | 413 | 410 | 380 | 360 | 346 | 316 | Iwate | |||
| Kagawa | 1,214 | 1,453 | 942 | 662 | 514 | 542 | 521 | 534 | 375 | 338 | 335 | 338 | 353 | 328 | 323 | 296 | 292 | 276 | 262 | Kagawa |
| Kagoshima | 422 | 373 | 397 | 430 | 432 | 389 | 346 | 354 | 337 | 350 | 357 | 333 | 314 | 306 | 293 | 263 | Kagoshima | |||
| Kanagawa | 488 | 306 | 331 | 314 | 288 | 234 | 215 | 227 | 218 | 224 | 220 | 213 | 211 | 218 | 196 | 180 | Kanagawa | |||
| Kochi | 933 | 553 | 508 | 522 | 574 | 482 | 462 | 472 | 444 | 460 | 430 | 433 | 417 | 393 | 346 | 327 | Kochi | |||
| Kumamoto | 698 | 446 | 401 | 408 | 419 | 358 | 347 | 363 | 376 | 370 | 360 | 365 | 344 | 354 | 348 | 323 | Kumamoto | |||
| Kyoto | 1,333 | 552 | 484 | 455 | 412 | 296 | 267 | 273 | 275 | 286 | 284 | 275 | 265 | 263 | 237 | 225 | Kyoto | |||
| Mie | 928 | 487 | 552 | 504 | 444 | 312 | 279 | 290 | 293 | 312 | 295 | 311 | 290 | 297 | 271 | 252 | Mie | |||
| Miyagi | 758 | 376 | 397 | 451 | 434 | 360 | 364 | 367 | 371 | 382 | 377 | 381 | 328 | 340 | 317 | 291 | Miyagi | |||
| Miyazaki | 531 | 242 | 366 | 470 | 475 | 365 | 333 | 340 | 336 | 322 | 294 | 223 | 314 | 311 | 286 | 252 | Miyazaki | |||
| Nagano | 801 | 181 | 242 | 324 | 314 | 263 | 278 | 298 | 310 | 325 | 314 | 336 | 302 | 311 | 284 | 244 | Nagano | |||
| Nagasaki | 457 | 585 | 586 | 562 | 590 | 435 | 388 | 402 | 404 | 414 | 392 | 396 | 347 | 349 | 314 | 300 | Nagasaki | |||
| Nara | 408 | 157 | 132 | 184 | 174 | 144 | 131 | 138 | 143 | 154 | 158 | 169 | 163 | 164 | 149 | 150 | Nara | |||
| Niigata | 690 | 378 | 402 | 440 | 433 | 313 | 304 | 321 | 319 | 311 | 313 | 299 | 292 | 285 | 257 | 240 | Niigata | |||
| Oita | 611 | 524 | 623 | 615 | 615 | 481 | 463 | 461 | 456 | 429 | 412 | 409 | 362 | 355 | 307 | 285 | Oita | |||
| Okayama | 1,480 | 594 | 641 | 561 | 550 | 418 | 354 | 370 | 360 | 380 | 353 | 355 | 325 | 266 | 295 | 270 | Okayama | |||
| Okinawa | x | x | x | x | 90 | 126 | 155 | 204 | 173 | 160 | 175 | 188 | 196 | 184 | 196 | 181 | 189 | 188 | 172 | Okinawa |
| Osaka | 700 | 356 | 364 | 351 | 332 | 229 | 213 | 220 | 225 | 240 | 241 | 253 | 248 | 256 | 246 | 242 | Osaka | |||
| Saga | 475 | 376 | 385 | 402 | 521 | 454 | 420 | 428 | 406 | 411 | 414 | 407 | 396 | 376 | 345 | 317 | Saga | |||
| Saitama | 288 | 217 | 260 | 273 | 278 | 156 | 199 | 209 | 210 | 192 | 214 | 246 | 208 | 213 | 215 | 170 | Saitama | |||
| Shiga | 929 | 357 | 277 | 302 | 329 | 283 | 253 | 250 | 261 | 261 | 245 | 240 | 216 | 214 | 199 | 190 | Shiga | |||
| Shimane | 951 | 416 | 483 | 425 | 421 | 312 | 296 | 289 | 268 | 276 | 284 | 263 | 236 | 227 | 206 | 216 | Shimane | |||
| Shizuoka | 786 | 338 | 330 | 314 | 300 | 229 | 222 | 228 | 240 | 256 | 241 | 238 | 236 | 233 | 218 | 206 | Shizuoka | |||
| Tochigi | 486 | 262 | 294 | 349 | 347 | 321 | 308 | 317 | 326 | 329 | 328 | 308 | 281 | 284 | 262 | 254 | Tochigi | |||
| Tokushima | 370 | 319 | 329 | 328 | 268 | 284 | 290 | 293 | 256 | 285 | 287 | 302 | 308 | 316 | 276 | 264 | Tokushima | |||
| Tokyo | 416 | 311 | 339 | 338 | 357 | 293 | 283 | 285 | 285 | 294 | 291 | 296 | 286 | 297 | 279 | 268 | Tokyo | |||
| Tottori | 1,121 | 484 | 501 | 483 | 449 | 376 | 320 | 417 | 398 | 410 | 449 | 444 | 410 | 391 | 341 | 333 | Tottori | |||
| Toyama | 946 | 313 | 352 | 353 | 336 | 288 | 260 | 254 | 255 | 264 | 270 | 267 | 251 | 256 | 252 | 232 | Toyama | |||
| Wakayama | 856 | 279 | 302 | 327 | 334 | 234 | 235 | 271 | 283 | 297 | 331 | 294 | 298 | 286 | 261 | 248 | Wakayama | |||
| Yamagata | 804 | 465 | 526 | 545 | 509 | 366 | 372 | 375 | 362 | 356 | 346 | 325 | 312 | 310 | 272 | 251 | Yamagata | |||
| Yamaguchi | 802 | 334 | 383 | 335 | 343 | 253 | 233 | 250 | 274 | 291 | 288 | 300 | 289 | 276 | 253 | 242 | Yamaguchi | |||
| Yamanashi | 354 | 203 | 192 | 178 | 190 | 138 | 152 | 174 | 165 | 175 | 165 | 185 | 177 | 199 | 181 | 184 | Yamanashi | |||
| JAPAN TOTAL | 676 | 662 | 463 | 378 | 353 | 379 | 384 | 374 | 289 | 277 | 286 | 287 | 292 | 285 | 285 | 272 | 272 | 253 | 236 | JAPAN TOTAL |
Abortion percentages for Japan prefectures, 2007-2008
| prefecture | 1955 | 1960 | 1965 | 1970 | 1975 | 1980 | 1985 | 1990 | 1995 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | prefecture |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aichi | 37.1 | 26.8 | 26.8 | 26.8 | 25.5 | 20.4 | 18.7 | 18.7 | 18.5 | 18.7 | 17.8 | 18.6 | 17.7 | 17.8 | 16.8 | 15.7 | Aichi | |||
| Akita | 46.6 | 38.4 | 37.6 | 41.8 | 38.6 | 32.0 | 29.6 | 31.2 | 30.9 | 30.7 | 30.1 | 29.5 | 27.5 | 26.1 | 25.1 | 22.8 | Akita | |||
| Aomori | 39.2 | 26.0 | 24.0 | 26.4 | 26.4 | 22.0 | 25.6 | 25.7 | 25.5 | 25.5 | 23.7 | 23.3 | 23.6 | 23.9 | 22.5 | 22.3 | Aomori | |||
| Chiba | 23.1 | 16.8 | 20.0 | 20.8 | 20.9 | 17.4 | 16.6 | 17.6 | 16.8 | 16.5 | 15.5 | 15.4 | 14.9 | 15.2 | 14.7 | 14.1 | Chiba | |||
| Ehime | 40.8 | 18.5 | 20.7 | 24.9 | 26.8 | 24.0 | 23.1 | 23.8 | 23.8 | 24.4 | 24.5 | 24.2 | 24.8 | 24.0 | 23.0 | 21.8 | Ehime | |||
| Fukui | 30.4 | 23.2 | 22.8 | 22.3 | 21.7 | 19.9 | 21.2 | 20.8 | 21.7 | 21.6 | 20.9 | 19.6 | 19.1 | 18.3 | 17.8 | 17.0 | Fukui | |||
| Fukuoka | 47.9 | 31.2 | 30.4 | 31.8 | 32.7 | 28.2 | 27.7 | 28.8 | 29.8 | 30.0 | 29.9 | 29.4 | 28.2 | 27.8 | 25.7 | 24.3 | Fukuoka | |||
| Fukushima | 37.6 | 34.0 | 35.6 | 33.2 | 33.7 | 28.4 | 27.9 | 28.4 | 28.2 | 29.2 | 28.6 | 27.6 | 27.4 | 26.3 | 25.3 | 24.2 | Fukushima | |||
| Gifu | 34.7 | 21.8 | 24.4 | 25.5 | 25.4 | 19.7 | 19.6 | 21.5 | 20.6 | 21.0 | 19.6 | 20.6 | 21.3 | 19.5 | 18.5 | 16.4 | Gifu | |||
| Gumma | 48.4 | 21.7 | 24.9 | 26.7 | 25.1 | 22.4 | 22.8 | 23.2 | 23.4 | 23.8 | 22.4 | 21.8 | 21.8 | 22.1 | 21.0 | 19.6 | Gumma | |||
| Hiroshima | 34.1 | 24.7 | 27.0 | 26.9 | 26.3 | 22.7 | 23.2 | 24.0 | 23.9 | 23.8 | 23.4 | 23.4 | 22.9 | 22.6 | 21.5 | 19.8 | Hiroshima | |||
| Hokkaido | 45.3 | 36.0 | 39.9 | 40.1 | 38.4 | 32.6 | 31.6 | 32.8 | 32.6 | 32.9 | 31.1 | 30.2 | 28.7 | 28.6 | 26.3 | 24.7 | Hokkaido | |||
| Hyogo | 40.4 | 25.7 | 26.3 | 26.3 | 24.2 | 20.2 | 18.7 | 18.3 | 18.3 | 18.5 | 18.3 | 18.8 | 18.5 | 18.8 | 16.9 | 16.6 | Hyogo | |||
| Ibaraki | 25.4 | 12.0 | 14.5 | 16.5 | 17.8 | 16.7 | 16.9 | 17.8 | 18.6 | 18.8 | 20.0 | 16.8 | 17.2 | 18.9 | 16.5 | 15.7 | Ibaraki | |||
| Ishikawa | 30.8 | 27.6 | 28.7 | 26.8 | 26.4 | 20.3 | 20.5 | 21.1 | 21.0 | 21.2 | 21.5 | 21.1 | 20.2 | 20.3 | 18.7 | 18.1 | Ishikawa | |||
| Iwate | 42.9 | 32.7 | 36.1 | 36.1 | 33.6 | 29.9 | 29.4 | 29.8 | 29.9 | 29.7 | 29.2 | 29.1 | 27.5 | 26.5 | 25.7 | 24.0 | Iwate | |||
| Kagawa | 54.8 | 59.2 | 48.5 | 39.8 | 33.9 | 35.1 | 34.2 | 34.8 | 27.3 | 25.2 | 25.1 | 25.2 | 26.1 | 24.7 | 24.4 | 22.9 | 22.6 | 21.6 | 20.8 | Kagawa |
| Kagoshima | 29.7 | 27.2 | 28.4 | 30.1 | 30.2 | 28.0 | 25.7 | 26.1 | 25.2 | 25.9 | 26.3 | 25.0 | 23.9 | 23.4 | 22.7 | 20.8 | Kagoshima | |||
| Kanagawa | 32.8 | 23.4 | 24.9 | 23.9 | 22.3 | 19.0 | 17.7 | 18.5 | 17.9 | 18.3 | 18.1 | 17.5 | 17.5 | 17.9 | 16.4 | 15.2 | Kanagawa | |||
| Kochi | 48.3 | 35.6 | 33.7 | 34.3 | 36.5 | 32.5 | 31.6 | 32.1 | 30.8 | 31.5 | 30.1 | 30.2 | 29.4 | 28.2 | 25.7 | 24.6 | Kochi | |||
| Kumamoto | 41.1 | 30.8 | 28.6 | 29.0 | 29.5 | 26.3 | 25.8 | 26.6 | 27.3 | 27.0 | 26.5 | 26.7 | 25.6 | 26.2 | 25.8 | 24.4 | Kumamoto | |||
| Kyoto | 57.1 | 35.5 | 32.6 | 31.3 | 29.2 | 22.9 | 21.1 | 21.5 | 21.6 | 22.2 | 22.1 | 21.6 | 21.0 | 20.8 | 19.2 | 18.4 | Kyoto | |||
| Mie | 48.1 | 32.8 | 35.6 | 33.5 | 30.7 | 23.8 | 21.8 | 22.5 | 22.7 | 23.8 | 22.8 | 23.7 | 22.5 | 22.9 | 21.4 | 20.1 | Mie | |||
| Miyagi | 43.1 | 27.3 | 28.4 | 31.1 | 30.3 | 26.4 | 26.7 | 26.8 | 27.1 | 27.7 | 27.4 | 27.6 | 24.7 | 25.4 | 24.1 | 22.5 | Miyagi | |||
| Miyazaki | 34.7 | 19.5 | 26.8 | 32.0 | 32.2 | 26.7 | 25.0 | 25.4 | 25.2 | 24.4 | 22.7 | 18.2 | 23.9 | 23.7 | 22.2 | 20.2 | Miyazaki | |||
| Nagano | 44.5 | 15.3 | 19.5 | 24.5 | 23.9 | 20.8 | 21.8 | 23.0 | 23.7 | 24.5 | 23.9 | 25.2 | 23.2 | 23.7 | 22.1 | 19.6 | Nagano | |||
| Nagasaki | 31.4 | 36.9 | 36.9 | 36.0 | 37.1 | 30.3 | 27.9 | 28.7 | 28.8 | 29.3 | 28.2 | 28.3 | 25.7 | 25.9 | 23.9 | 23.1 | Nagasaki | |||
| Nara | 29.0 | 13.6 | 11.7 | 15.5 | 14.8 | 12.6 | 11.6 | 12.1 | 12.5 | 13.3 | 13.6 | 14.5 | 14.0 | 14.1 | 13.0 | 13.0 | Nara | |||
| Niigata | 40.8 | 27.4 | 28.7 | 30.6 | 30.2 | 23.9 | 23.3 | 24.3 | 24.2 | 23.7 | 23.8 | 23.0 | 22.6 | 22.2 | 20.4 | 19.4 | Niigata | |||
| Oita | 37.9 | 34.4 | 38.4 | 38.1 | 38.1 | 32.5 | 31.6 | 31.5 | 31.3 | 30.0 | 29.2 | 29.0 | 26.6 | 26.2 | 23.5 | 22.2 | Oita | |||
| Okayama | 59.7 | 37.3 | 39.1 | 35.9 | 35.5 | 29.5 | 26.1 | 27.0 | 26.5 | 27.5 | 26.1 | 26.2 | 24.5 | 21.0 | 22.8 | 21.3 | Okayama | |||
| Okinawa | x | x | x | x | 8.3 | 11.2 | 13.4 | 17.0 | 14.7 | 13.8 | 14.9 | 15.8 | 16.4 | 15.5 | 16.4 | 15.3 | 15.9 | 15.8 | 14.7 | Okinawa |
| Osaka | 41.2 | 26.3 | 26.7 | 26.0 | 24.9 | 18.7 | 17.6 | 18.1 | 18.4 | 19.4 | 19.4 | 20.2 | 19.9 | 20.4 | 19.8 | 19.5 | Osaka | |||
| Saga | 32.2 | 27.3 | 27.8 | 28.7 | 34.3 | 31.2 | 29.6 | 30.0 | 28.9 | 29.1 | 29.3 | 28.9 | 28.3 | 27.3 | 25.6 | 24.0 | Saga | |||
| Saitama | 22.3 | 17.8 | 20.6 | 21.4 | 21.7 | 13.5 | 16.6 | 17.3 | 17.3 | 16.1 | 17.7 | 19.7 | 17.2 | 17.6 | 17.7 | 14.6 | Saitama | |||
| Shiga | 48.2 | 26.3 | 21.7 | 23.2 | 24.7 | 22.1 | 20.2 | 20.0 | 20.7 | 20.7 | 19.7 | 19.4 | 17.7 | 17.6 | 16.6 | 15.9 | Shiga | |||
| Shimane | 48.8 | 29.4 | 32.6 | 29.8 | 29.6 | 23.8 | 22.8 | 22.4 | 21.1 | 21.6 | 22.1 | 20.8 | 19.1 | 18.5 | 17.1 | 17.8 | Shimane | |||
| Shizuoka | 44.0 | 25.3 | 24.8 | 23.9 | 23.1 | 18.6 | 18.1 | 18.6 | 19.3 | 20.4 | 19.5 | 19.2 | 19.1 | 18.9 | 17.9 | 17.1 | Shizuoka | |||
| Tochigi | 32.7 | 20.8 | 22.7 | 25.9 | 25.7 | 24.3 | 23.5 | 24.1 | 24.6 | 24.8 | 24.7 | 23.5 | 21.9 | 22.1 | 20.8 | 20.2 | Tochigi | |||
| Tokushima | 27.0 | 24.2 | 24.8 | 24.7 | 21.2 | 22.1 | 22.5 | 22.7 | 20.4 | 22.2 | 22.3 | 23.2 | 23.5 | 24.0 | 21.6 | 20.9 | Tokushima | |||
| Tokyo | 29.4 | 23.7 | 25.3 | 25.3 | 26.3 | 22.7 | 22.1 | 22.2 | 22.2 | 22.7 | 22.5 | 22.8 | 22.2 | 22.9 | 21.8 | 21.2 | Tokyo | |||
| Tottori | 52.8 | 32.6 | 33.4 | 32.6 | 31.0 | 27.3 | 24.2 | 29.4 | 28.4 | 29.1 | 31.0 | 30.8 | 29.1 | 28.1 | 25.4 | 25.0 | Tottori | |||
| Toyama | 48.6 | 23.9 | 26.0 | 26.1 | 25.1 | 22.4 | 20.7 | 20.2 | 20.3 | 20.9 | 21.3 | 21.1 | 20.1 | 20.4 | 20.1 | 18.8 | Toyama | |||
| Wakayama | 46.1 | 21.8 | 23.2 | 24.6 | 25.1 | 19.0 | 19.0 | 21.3 | 22.0 | 22.9 | 24.9 | 22.7 | 23.0 | 22.3 | 20.7 | 19.9 | Wakayama | |||
| Yamagata | 44.6 | 31.7 | 34.5 | 35.3 | 33.7 | 26.8 | 27.1 | 27.3 | 26.6 | 26.3 | 25.7 | 24.5 | 23.8 | 23.6 | 21.4 | 20.1 | Yamagata | |||
| Yamaguchi | 44.5 | 25.0 | 27.7 | 25.1 | 25.6 | 20.2 | 18.9 | 20.0 | 21.5 | 22.5 | 22.3 | 23.1 | 22.4 | 21.6 | 20.2 | 19.5 | Yamaguchi | |||
| Yamanashi | 26.2 | 16.9 | 16.1 | 15.1 | 16.0 | 12.1 | 13.2 | 14.8 | 14.2 | 14.9 | 14.1 | 15.6 | 15.1 | 16.6 | 15.3 | 15.5 | Yamanashi | |||
| JAPAN TOTAL | 40.3 | 39.8 | 31.6 | 27.5 | 26.1 | 27.5 | 27.8 | 27.2 | 22.4 | 21.7 | 22.3 | 22.3 | 22.6 | 22.2 | 22.2 | 21.4 | 21.4 | 20.2 | 19.1 | JAPAN TOTAL |
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