Historical abortion statistics, Kanagawa (Japan)

Abortion statistics and other data--Johnston`s Archive

Historical abortion statistics, Kanagawa (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	27,939		3,506
1900	28,217		3,317
1901	30,565		3,458
1902	29,194		3,340
1903	29,576		3,444
1904	29,412		3,221
1905	30,806		3,090
1906	25,690		3,163
1907	34,386		3,646
1908	32,917		3,711
1909	34,891		3,696
1910	35,487		3,524
1911	35,872		3,517
1912	35,014		3,111
1913	37,515		3,231
1914	38,259		3,126
1915	38,014		3,208
1916	37,351		3,014
1917	39,049		3,212
1918	38,658		3,199
1919	40,848		3,301
1920	44,087		3,616
1921	45,300		3,491
1922	44,610		3,370
1923	43,093		3,122
1924	41,962		2,789
1925	50,549		3,330
1926	47,065		3,227
1927	48,362		3,070
1928	50,911		3,184
1929	49,423		3,164
1930	49,837		3,092
1931	51,904		3,247
1932	51,009		3,132
1933	52,278		3,281
1934	48,807		3,071
1935	55,404		3,316
1936	53,926		3,277
1937	55,113		3,175
1938	50,026		3,065
1939	53,062		3,261
1940	62,232		3,651
1941	70,810		3,696
1942	70,107		3,300
1943	74,661		3,230
1944
1945
1946
1947	74,699		3,515
1948	72,569		3,829
1949	74,597		4,704
1950	65,719		5,290
1951	59,971		5,458
1952	56,541		5,528
1953	53,048		5,530
1954	52,359		5,594
1955	51,786	28,675	5,573	553.7	35.64	36.6
1956	50,714		5,472
1957	51,124		5,408
1958	54,954		5,760
1959	57,246		5,986
1960	60,704	29,642	6,124	488.3	32.81	30.4
1961	65,034		6,325
1962	69,982		6,537
1963	76,175		6,645
1964	85,101		6,551
1965	97,386	22,366	6,774	229.7	18.68	17.1
1966	77,093		6,190
1967	110,998		6,240
1968	111,200		6,286
1969	116,708		6,153
1970	123,714	29,329	5,810	237.1	19.16	18.5
1971	130,245		5,948
1972	133,642		5,813
1973	136,389		5,481
1974	128,800		5,148
1975	118,656	36,253	4,890	305.5	23.40	20.5
1976	113,725		4,811
1977	108,479		4,277
1978	104,523		3,966
1979	100,103		3,744
1980	94,356	31,268	3,628	331.4	24.89	16.8
1981	92,221		3,690
1982	90,818		3,746
1983	90,575		3,330
1984	88,504		3,380
1985	86,101	27,051	3,250	314.2	23.91	13.8
1986	83,485		3,258
1987	83,295		3,318
1988	84,023		3,125
1989	79,184		2,968
1990	79,437	22,862	2,888	287.8	22.35	10.8
1991	80,911	22,033	2,832	272.3	21.40
1992	79,805	21,611	2,693	270.8	21.31
1993	79,552	19,582	2,496	246.2	19.75
1994	83,868	18,150	2,295	216.4	17.79
1995	80,692	18,891	2,259	234.1	18.97	8.9
1996	82,092	17,579	2,316	214.1	17.64
1997	81,699	18,039	2,253	220.8	18.09
1998	83,104	17,895	2,254	215.3	17.72
1999	81,792	18,575	2,240	227.1	18.51
2000	82,906	18,061	2,206	217.8	17.89	8.8
2001	81,839	18,321	2,255	223.9	18.29	9.0
2002	81,498	17,969	2,183	220.5	18.07	8.9
2003	80,262	17,078	2,208	212.8	17.54	8.4
2004	79,441	16,798	2,117	211.5	17.45	8.3
2005	76,196	16,579	2,062	217.6	17.87	8.2
2006	79,118	15,468	1,875	195.5	16.35	7.7
2007	79,193	14,246	1,847	179.9	15.25	7.1
2008	79,179	13,596	1,696	171.7	14.65	6.7
2009	78,057	13,033	1,758	167.0	14.31	6.5
2010	78,077	11,992	1,666	153.6	13.31	5.9
2011	76,000	10,970	1,706	144.3	12.61	5.4
2012	75,477	11,878	1,588	157.4	13.60	5.9
2013	74,320	11,152	1,619	150.1	13.05	5.5
2014	72,997	10,967	1,566	150.2	13.06	5.5
2015	73,476	10,665	1,501	145.1	12.68	5.4
2016	70,649	9,849	1,401	139.4	12.24	5.0
2017	68,133	11,164	1,365	163.9	14.08	5.7
2018	66,564	11,470	1,424	172.3	14.70	5.9
2019	63,035	11,286	1,687	179.0	15.19	5.8
2020	60,865	10,298	1,357	169.2	14.47	5.5
2021	58,836	8,660	1,237	147.2	12.83	4.6
2022	56,498	8,318	1,163	147.2	12.83	4.5
2023	53,991	8,664	1,191	160.5	13.83
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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