Russia abortion percentages by region, 1993-2000

26 November 2006

Abortion ratios and percentages by region, 1993-1994 and 1999-2000

Note: figures are generally approximate.

region type abortion ratio abortion %

1993 1994 1999 2000 1993 1994 1999 2000

RUSSIA total country 2,330 2,110 1,810 1,690 70.0 67.8 64.4 62.8

CENTRAL total fed. dist. 2,580 1,900 1,620 72.1 65.5 61.8

Belgorod oblast 2,430 1,740 70.8 63.4

Bryansk oblast 2,670 1,980 72.7 66.4

Ivanovo oblast 2,550 1,860 71.8 65.1

Kaluga oblast 2,430 2,130 2,110 1,910 70.8 68.0 67.9 65.6

Kostroma oblast 3,000 2,030 75.0 67.0

Kursk oblast 2,330 1,630 70.0 61.9

Lipetsk oblast 2,410 2,180 2,210 1,980 70.7 68.6 68.8 66.4

Moscow (city) federal city 3,100 2,770 1,810 1,220 75.6 73.5 64.4 54.9

Moscow (oblast) oblast 2,120 2,050 1,740 1,490 67.9 67.2 63.4 59.8

Oryol oblast 2,380 1,880 70.4 65.2

Ryazan oblast 2,270 1,690 69.4 62.8

Smolensk oblast 2,620 2,210 2,160 2,090 72.4 68.9 68.4 67.7

Tambov oblast 2,340 2,140 1,960 1,750 70.1 68.2 66.2 63.6

Tula oblast 2,710 2,440 2,200 1,860 73.0 71.0 68.7 65.0

Tver oblast 2,490 2,350 1,680 1,650 71.4 70.2 62.6 62.2

Vladimir oblast 1,920 1,590 65.8 61.5

Voronezh oblast 2,570 1,780 72.0 64.1

Yaroslavl oblast 3,450 2,260 77.6 69.3

FAR EAST total fed. dist. 2,200 1,890 1,890 68.8 65.4 65.4

Amur oblast 2,100 1,800 1,930 2,010 67.8 64.3 65.9 66.8

Chukotka aut. okrug 2,000 1,310 66.7 56.7

Jewish (Yevreyskaya) auto. oblast 2,000 2,120 66.7 68.0

Kamchatka oblast 3,000 1,750 75.0 63.7

--Koryak aut. okrug 1,730 63.4

Khabarovsk kray 2,500 2,390 71.4 70.5

Magadan oblast 1,330 2,080 57.1 67.5

Primorsky kray 2,390 2,110 1,940 1,790 70.5 67.8 66.0 64.2

Sakha (Yakutia) republic 1,650 1,520 62.2 60.3

Sakhalin oblast 2,500 1,820 71.4 64.6

NORTHWEST total fed. dist. 2,500 1,920 1,830 71.4 65.7 64.7

Arkhangelsk oblast 2,140 1,890 68.2 65.4

--Nenets aut. okrug 1,850 64.9

Kaliningrad oblast 3,000 2,130 75.0 68.0

Karelia republic 2,570 2,040 72.0 67.1

Komi republic 1,730 1,690 1,960 1,820 63.3 62.8 66.2 64.5

Leningrad oblast 2,270 2,030 1,840 1,950 69.4 67.0 64.8 66.1

Murmansk oblast 2,130 1,500 68.0 59.9

Novgorod oblast 2,830 2,050 73.9 67.2

Pskov oblast 2,710 2,070 73.1 67.4

Saint Petersburg federal city 2,810 2,290 1,900 1,590 73.8 69.6 65.5 61.4

Vologda oblast 2,580 2,030 72.1 67.0

SIBERIA total fed. dist. 2,350 1,740 1,690 70.2 63.5 62.8

Altai republic 1,330 1,000 57.1 49.9

Altai (kray) kray 1,680 1,380 1,160 1,380 62.7 58.0 53.8 57.9

Buryatia republic 1,670 1,120 62.5 52.7

Chita oblast 1,690 1,290 62.8 56.4

--Agin aut. okrug 1,370 57.7

Irkutsk oblast 2,680 1,530 72.8 60.5

--Ust-Orda aut. okrug 1,600 61.6

Kemerovo oblast 2,180 1,690 68.5 62.9

Khakassia republic 2,500 1,600 71.4 61.5

Krasnoyarsk kray 2,830 2,400 2,320 2,100 73.9 70.6 69.9 67.7

--Evenk aut. okrug 2,070 67.4

--Taymyr aut. okrug 2,170 68.5

Novosibirsk oblast 2,970 2,700 2,350 2,200 74.8 73.0 70.2 68.8

Omsk oblast 2,700 2,010 72.9 66.8

Tomsk oblast 2,760 2,310 1,860 1,790 73.4 69.7 65.0 64.1

Tuva republic 1,000 1,030 50.0 50.7

SOUTHERN total fed. dist. 1,650 1,250 1,190 62.3 55.6 54.2

Adygeya republic 1,200 1,110 54.5 52.5

Astrakhan oblast 2,100 1,400 67.7 58.3

Chechnya republic

Dagestan republic 450 310 31.1 23.7

Ingushetia republic 140 12.4

Kabardino-Balkar republic 1,100 1,140 1,020 710 52.5 53.3 50.5 41.4

Kalmykia republic 1,200 1,150 54.5 53.5

Karachay-Cherkessia republic 500 730 33.3 42.2

Krasnodar kray 2,010 1,930 1,990 1,740 66.8 65.8 66.6 63.6

North Ossetia republic 1,000 840 50.0 45.5

Rostov oblast 2,450 2,260 1,260 1,400 71.0 69.3 55.7 58.4

Stavropol kray 1,680 1,350 1,540 1,330 62.6 57.4 60.7 57.1

Volgograd oblast 2,350 2,110 1,780 1,750 70.1 67.9 64.1 63.6

URALS total fed. dist. 2,660 2,020 1,880 72.7 66.8 65.3

Chelyabinsk oblast 2,720 2,360 1,770 1,980 73.1 70.2 64.0 66.4

Kurgan oblast 2,560 2,260 2,120 1,870 71.9 69.3 67.9 65.2

Sverdlovsk oblast 2,950 2,060 74.7 67.3

Tyumen oblast 2,300 1,750 69.7 63.7

--Khanty-Mansi aut. okrug 1,600 61.6

--Yamalo-Nenets aut. okrug 1,710 63.1

VOLGA total fed. dist. 2,400 1,990 1,820 70.6 66.6 64.6

Bashkortostan republic 1,980 1,630 66.4 62.0

Chuvash republic 2,500 2,350 2,310 1,940 71.4 70.1 69.8 66.0

Kirov oblast 2,640 2,070 72.5 67.4

Mari El republic 2,380 1,920 70.4 65.7

Mordvinia republic 2,000 1,680 66.7 62.7

Nizhniy Novgorod oblast 2,630 2,290 1,850 1,660 72.4 69.6 64.9 62.4

Orenburg oblast 2,320 2,250 2,430 2,050 69.9 69.2 70.9 67.2

Penza oblast 2,470 2,220 2,080 1,970 71.2 69.0 67.6 66.3

Perm kray 2,440 2,330 2,040 1,880 71.0 70.0 67.1 65.2

--Komi-Permyatski aut. okrug 1,820 64.5

Samara oblast 2,630 1,590 72.5 61.4

Saratov oblast 2,700 2,380 2,050 1,770 73.0 70.4 67.3 64.0

Tatarstan republic 2,280 2,100 2,050 1,890 69.6 67.8 67.2 65.4

Udmurtia republic 2,690 2,370 2,220 2,030 72.9 70.3 68.9 67.0

Ulyanovsk oblast 2,360 1,990 70.2 66.6

region	type	abortion ratio	abortion %
1993	1994	1999	2000	1993	1994	1999	2000
RUSSIA total	country	2,330	2,110	1,810	1,690	70.0	67.8	64.4	62.8
CENTRAL total	fed. dist.	2,580		1,900	1,620	72.1		65.5	61.8
Belgorod	oblast	2,430			1,740	70.8			63.4
Bryansk	oblast	2,670			1,980	72.7			66.4
Ivanovo	oblast	2,550			1,860	71.8			65.1
Kaluga	oblast	2,430	2,130	2,110	1,910	70.8	68.0	67.9	65.6
Kostroma	oblast	3,000			2,030	75.0			67.0
Kursk	oblast	2,330			1,630	70.0			61.9
Lipetsk	oblast	2,410	2,180	2,210	1,980	70.7	68.6	68.8	66.4
Moscow (city)	federal city	3,100	2,770	1,810	1,220	75.6	73.5	64.4	54.9
Moscow (oblast)	oblast	2,120	2,050	1,740	1,490	67.9	67.2	63.4	59.8
Oryol	oblast	2,380			1,880	70.4			65.2
Ryazan	oblast	2,270			1,690	69.4			62.8
Smolensk	oblast	2,620	2,210	2,160	2,090	72.4	68.9	68.4	67.7
Tambov	oblast	2,340	2,140	1,960	1,750	70.1	68.2	66.2	63.6
Tula	oblast	2,710	2,440	2,200	1,860	73.0	71.0	68.7	65.0
Tver	oblast	2,490	2,350	1,680	1,650	71.4	70.2	62.6	62.2
Vladimir	oblast	1,920			1,590	65.8			61.5
Voronezh	oblast	2,570			1,780	72.0			64.1
Yaroslavl	oblast	3,450			2,260	77.6			69.3
FAR EAST total	fed. dist.	2,200		1,890	1,890	68.8		65.4	65.4
Amur	oblast	2,100	1,800	1,930	2,010	67.8	64.3	65.9	66.8
Chukotka	aut. okrug	2,000			1,310	66.7			56.7
Jewish (Yevreyskaya)	auto. oblast	2,000			2,120	66.7			68.0
Kamchatka	oblast	3,000			1,750	75.0			63.7
--Koryak	aut. okrug				1,730				63.4
Khabarovsk	kray	2,500			2,390	71.4			70.5
Magadan	oblast	1,330			2,080	57.1			67.5
Primorsky	kray	2,390	2,110	1,940	1,790	70.5	67.8	66.0	64.2
Sakha (Yakutia)	republic	1,650			1,520	62.2			60.3
Sakhalin	oblast	2,500			1,820	71.4			64.6
NORTHWEST total	fed. dist.	2,500		1,920	1,830	71.4		65.7	64.7
Arkhangelsk	oblast	2,140			1,890	68.2			65.4
--Nenets	aut. okrug				1,850				64.9
Kaliningrad	oblast	3,000			2,130	75.0			68.0
Karelia	republic	2,570			2,040	72.0			67.1
Komi	republic	1,730	1,690	1,960	1,820	63.3	62.8	66.2	64.5
Leningrad	oblast	2,270	2,030	1,840	1,950	69.4	67.0	64.8	66.1
Murmansk	oblast	2,130			1,500	68.0			59.9
Novgorod	oblast	2,830			2,050	73.9			67.2
Pskov	oblast	2,710			2,070	73.1			67.4
Saint Petersburg	federal city	2,810	2,290	1,900	1,590	73.8	69.6	65.5	61.4
Vologda	oblast	2,580			2,030	72.1			67.0
SIBERIA total	fed. dist.	2,350		1,740	1,690	70.2		63.5	62.8
Altai	republic	1,330			1,000	57.1			49.9
Altai (kray)	kray	1,680	1,380	1,160	1,380	62.7	58.0	53.8	57.9
Buryatia	republic	1,670			1,120	62.5			52.7
Chita	oblast	1,690			1,290	62.8			56.4
--Agin	aut. okrug				1,370				57.7
Irkutsk	oblast	2,680			1,530	72.8			60.5
--Ust-Orda	aut. okrug				1,600				61.6
Kemerovo	oblast	2,180			1,690	68.5			62.9
Khakassia	republic	2,500			1,600	71.4			61.5
Krasnoyarsk	kray	2,830	2,400	2,320	2,100	73.9	70.6	69.9	67.7
--Evenk	aut. okrug				2,070				67.4
--Taymyr	aut. okrug				2,170				68.5
Novosibirsk	oblast	2,970	2,700	2,350	2,200	74.8	73.0	70.2	68.8
Omsk	oblast	2,700			2,010	72.9			66.8
Tomsk	oblast	2,760	2,310	1,860	1,790	73.4	69.7	65.0	64.1
Tuva	republic	1,000			1,030	50.0			50.7
SOUTHERN total	fed. dist.	1,650		1,250	1,190	62.3		55.6	54.2
Adygeya	republic	1,200			1,110	54.5			52.5
Astrakhan	oblast	2,100			1,400	67.7			58.3
Chechnya	republic
Dagestan	republic	450			310	31.1			23.7
Ingushetia	republic				140				12.4
Kabardino-Balkar	republic	1,100	1,140	1,020	710	52.5	53.3	50.5	41.4
Kalmykia	republic	1,200			1,150	54.5			53.5
Karachay-Cherkessia	republic	500			730	33.3			42.2
Krasnodar	kray	2,010	1,930	1,990	1,740	66.8	65.8	66.6	63.6
North Ossetia	republic	1,000			840	50.0			45.5
Rostov	oblast	2,450	2,260	1,260	1,400	71.0	69.3	55.7	58.4
Stavropol	kray	1,680	1,350	1,540	1,330	62.6	57.4	60.7	57.1
Volgograd	oblast	2,350	2,110	1,780	1,750	70.1	67.9	64.1	63.6
URALS total	fed. dist.	2,660		2,020	1,880	72.7		66.8	65.3
Chelyabinsk	oblast	2,720	2,360	1,770	1,980	73.1	70.2	64.0	66.4
Kurgan	oblast	2,560	2,260	2,120	1,870	71.9	69.3	67.9	65.2
Sverdlovsk	oblast	2,950			2,060	74.7			67.3
Tyumen	oblast	2,300			1,750	69.7			63.7
--Khanty-Mansi	aut. okrug				1,600				61.6
--Yamalo-Nenets	aut. okrug				1,710				63.1
VOLGA total	fed. dist.	2,400		1,990	1,820	70.6		66.6	64.6
Bashkortostan	republic	1,980			1,630	66.4			62.0
Chuvash	republic	2,500	2,350	2,310	1,940	71.4	70.1	69.8	66.0
Kirov	oblast	2,640			2,070	72.5			67.4
Mari El	republic	2,380			1,920	70.4			65.7
Mordvinia	republic	2,000			1,680	66.7			62.7
Nizhniy Novgorod	oblast	2,630	2,290	1,850	1,660	72.4	69.6	64.9	62.4
Orenburg	oblast	2,320	2,250	2,430	2,050	69.9	69.2	70.9	67.2
Penza	oblast	2,470	2,220	2,080	1,970	71.2	69.0	67.6	66.3
Perm	kray	2,440	2,330	2,040	1,880	71.0	70.0	67.1	65.2
--Komi-Permyatski	aut. okrug				1,820				64.5
Samara	oblast	2,630			1,590	72.5			61.4
Saratov	oblast	2,700	2,380	2,050	1,770	73.0	70.4	67.3	64.0
Tatarstan	republic	2,280	2,100	2,050	1,890	69.6	67.8	67.2	65.4
Udmurtia	republic	2,690	2,370	2,220	2,030	72.9	70.3	68.9	67.0
Ulyanovsk	oblast	2,360			1,990	70.2			66.6

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