Historical abortion statistics, Hiroshima (Japan)

Abortion statistics and other data--Johnston`s Archive

Historical abortion statistics, Hiroshima (Japan)

compiled by Wm. Robert Johnston
last updated 22 May 2025

Definition of table data (see notes after table for additional information):

Abortions, all to residents include all abortions obtained by prefecture residents.
Fetal deaths includes stillbirths.
Abortion ratio is abortions per 1000 live births.
Abortion % is abortions as percentage of pregnancies (excluding fetal deaths/miscarriages).
Abortion rate is abortions per 1000 women ages 15-49.

year	live births	abortions	fetal deaths	abortion ratio	abortion %	abortion rate
year	live births	all to residents	fetal deaths	all to residents	all to residents	all to residents
1899	41,056		3,729
1900	43,648		4,024
1901	44,284		4,304
1902	46,786		4,566
1903	45,336		4,424
1904	44,036		4,144
1905	42,003		3,878
1906	44,216		4,363
1907	48,985		4,466
1908	50,075		4,597
1909	49,481		4,215
1910	50,793		4,208
1911	51,245		4,032
1912	51,914		3,836
1913	49,623		3,627
1914	52,450		3,730
1915	49,746		3,371
1916	50,776		3,454
1917	49,749		3,283
1918	49,454		3,355
1919	48,678		3,208
1920	55,035		3,369
1921	54,714		3,181
1922	53,870		3,009
1923	54,614		3,063
1924	52,386		2,865
1925	54,559		2,950
1926	54,873		2,897
1927	52,696		2,680
1928	53,726		2,795
1929	52,871		2,748
1930	50,694		2,679
1931	52,424		2,733
1932	54,498		2,698
1933	52,434		2,651
1934	47,794		2,629
1935	53,426		2,649
1936	49,875		2,622
1937	51,934		2,680
1938	44,515		2,289
1939	42,818		2,253
1940	49,336		2,317
1941	55,306		2,354
1942	55,453		2,379
1943	54,273		2,207
1944
1945
1946
1947	67,757		3,006
1948	61,979		3,294
1949	62,717		4,052
1950	52,802		4,180
1951	47,805		4,120
1952	43,129		3,967
1953	41,723		3,938
1954	37,972		3,785
1955	37,643	21,651	3,938	575.2	36.51	38.8
1956	36,787		3,709
1957	34,421		3,692
1958	36,604		3,924
1959	35,401		3,841
1960	34,453	17,866	3,896	518.6	34.15	30.3
1961	33,855		3,794
1962	34,484		3,508
1963	34,635		3,427
1964	36,286		3,561
1965	38,967	16,903	3,409	433.8	30.25	26.1
1966	29,324		3,136
1967	42,188		3,188
1968	42,735		3,215
1969	43,267		3,198
1970	44,532	15,170	3,112	340.7	25.41	22.1
1971	47,317		3,033
1972	49,128		2,927
1973	50,639		2,768
1974	50,322		2,750
1975	46,843	15,347	2,569	327.6	24.68	21.8
1976	44,542		2,411
1977	41,958		2,226
1978	40,803		2,039
1979	37,741		1,875
1980	37,360	13,789	1,668	369.1	26.96	19.8
1981	35,522		1,847
1982	35,798		1,793
1983	35,290		1,551
1984	34,711		1,618
1985	33,501	12,314	1,595	367.6	26.88	17.6
1986	32,774		1,451
1987	31,410		1,402
1988	30,356		1,251
1989	29,075		1,170
1990	28,857	10,315	1,177	357.5	26.33	14.3
1991	28,451	9,651	1,159	339.2	25.33
1992	28,410	9,342	1,087	328.8	24.75
1993	28,045	8,898	958	317.3	24.09
1994	28,898	8,568	1,003	296.5	22.87
1995	27,609	8,112	911	293.8	22.71	11.6
1996	28,081	8,120	816	289.2	22.43
1997	27,942	8,378	841	299.8	23.07
1998	27,914	8,426	782	301.9	23.19
1999	27,119	8,565	796	315.8	24.00
2000	27,384	8,609	784	314.4	23.92	13.3
2001	27,328	8,519	793	311.7	23.76	13.2
2002	26,508	8,092	725	305.3	23.39	12.7
2003	26,285	8,032	717	305.6	23.41	12.7
2004	25,734	7,646	691	297.1	22.91	12.3
2005	24,740	7,230	613	292.2	22.61	11.7
2006	25,330	6,947	629	274.3	21.52	11.4
2007	25,887	6,393	602	247.0	19.80	10.5
2008	25,560	5,983	617	234.1	18.97	10.0
2009	25,596	5,823	582	227.5	18.53	9.8
2010	25,546	5,440	555	212.9	17.56	9.3
2011	25,469	5,160	605	202.6	16.85	8.8
2012	24,846	4,886	526	196.7	16.43	8.4
2013	24,713	4,603	540	186.3	15.70	8.0
2014	23,776	4,592	468	193.1	16.19	8.1
2015	23,679	4,499	485	190.0	15.97	8.0
2016	22,736	4,308	501	189.5	15.93	7.6
2017	22,150	4,107	461	185.4	15.64	7.3
2018	21,363	3,892	445	182.2	15.41	7.1
2019	20,034	3,842	425	191.8	16.09	7.1
2020	19,606	3,569	388	182.0	15.40	6.8
2021	18,636	3,089	356	165.8	14.22	5.8
2022	17,903	2,225	313	124.3	11.05	4.3
2023	16,682	2,778	330	166.5	14.28
2024
year	live births	abortions	fetal deaths	abortion ratio	abortion %	abortion rate
year	live births	all to residents	fetal deaths	all to residents	all to residents	all to residents

Notes:

Abortion data may be significantly incomplete.

Sources:

Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, 2000, "Trends in vital statistics by prefecture over the past 100 years" (in Japanese), MHLW, on line [https://www.mhlw.go.jp/www1/toukei/kjd100_8/index.html#data]
Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, 2024, "Table 56: Number and rate of induced abortions by year (per 1,000 women aged 15-49) by prefecture" (in Japanese), Tottori Prefecture, on line [https://www.pref.tottori.lg.jp/secure/1350626/%25E4%25BB%25A4%25E5%2592%258C%25EF%25BC%2594%25EF%25BC%258856%25E8%25A1%25A8%25EF%25BC%2589%25E5%25B9%25B4%25E6%25AC%25A1%25E5%2588%25A5%25E4%25BA%25BA%25E5%25B7%25A5%25E5%25A6%258A%25E5%25A8%25A0%25E4%25B8%25AD%25E7%25B5%25B6%25E4%25BB%25B6%25E6%2595%25B0%25E3%2580%2581%25E7%258E%2587%25EF%25BC%258815%25EF%25BD%259E49%25E6%25AD%25B3%25E5%25A5%25B3%25E5%25AD%2590%25E4%25BA%25BA%25E5%258F%25A3%25E5%258D%2583%25E5%25AF%25BE%25EF%25BC%2589%25EF%25BC%2588%25E9%2583%25BD%25E9%2581%2593%25E5%25BA%259C%25E7%259C%258C%25E5%2588%25A5%25EF%25BC%2589.xls].
National Statistics Center, 2024, "Vital statistics of Japan, Volume 1: Natality Table 4.3 Trends in live births by each prefecture: Japan," e-Stat, on line [https://www.e-stat.go.jp/en/stat-search/].
National Statistics Center, 2025, "Vital statistics, stillbirths" (in Japanese), e-Stat, on line [https://www.e-stat.go.jp/dbview?sid=0003411801].
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© 2025 by Wm. Robert Johnston.
Last modified 22 May 2025.
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