Historical abortion statistics, Yamaguchi (Japan)

Abortion statistics and other data--Johnston`s Archive

Historical abortion statistics, Yamaguchi (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	26,149		951
1900	26,415		976
1901	27,045		1,160
1902	27,851		1,264
1903	26,460		1,187
1904	24,738		1,091
1905	24,718		1,031
1906	25,861		1,125
1907	28,339		1,288
1908	28,789		1,313
1909	28,574		1,329
1910	29,124		1,487
1911	29,709		1,560
1912	30,092		1,392
1913	29,557		1,348
1914	30,660		1,389
1915	30,349		1,341
1916	29,959		1,352
1917	29,711		1,395
1918	29,795		1,452
1919	29,940		1,306
1920	33,039		1,373
1921	33,062		1,476
1922	32,292		1,384
1923	33,295		1,409
1924	31,957		1,415
1925	34,194		1,387
1926	34,342		1,384
1927	32,983		1,370
1928	34,088		1,464
1929	33,642		1,332
1930	32,287		1,409
1931	33,782		1,495
1932	34,656		1,458
1933	33,703		1,489
1934	31,881		1,436
1935	34,241		1,499
1936	32,041		1,439
1937	34,114		1,488
1938	28,794		1,389
1939	28,690		1,362
1940	33,002		1,419
1941	37,130		1,651
1942	36,269		1,631
1943	35,467		1,567
1944
1945
1946
1947	49,246		2,228
1948	47,707		2,653
1949	50,308		3,832
1950	42,761		4,285
1951	38,587		4,479
1952	34,520		3,921
1953	32,862		3,689
1954	29,375		3,625
1955	28,756	29,928	3,402	1,040.8	51.00	73.4
1956	28,654		3,418
1957	25,550		3,485
1958	27,511		3,698
1959	26,492		3,473
1960	24,981	20,028	3,368	801.7	44.50	47.6
1961	24,203		3,452
1962	23,997		3,318
1963	23,925		3,145
1964	24,040		3,002
1965	24,537	13,653	2,629	556.4	35.75	31.6
1966	17,525		2,639
1967	25,718		2,480
1968	24,595		2,391
1969	24,377		2,278
1970	24,584	9,480	2,194	385.6	27.83	22.3
1971	25,487		2,059
1972	25,805		1,905
1973	26,116		1,751
1974	25,102		1,694
1975	23,956	7,997	1,439	333.8	25.03	19.4
1976	22,851		1,515
1977	22,166		1,460
1978	21,234		1,262
1979	20,241		1,246
1980	19,798	7,589	1,086	383.3	27.71	19.1
1981	19,109		1,048
1982	18,780		1,021
1983	18,563		939
1984	18,335		875
1985	17,674	5,923	832	335.1	25.10	15.5
1986	16,860		807
1987	15,993		779
1988	15,202		727
1989	14,459		707
1990	13,729	4,713	650	343.3	25.56	12.5
1991	13,956	4,340	632	311.0	23.72
1992	13,512	4,016	600	297.2	22.91
1993	13,476	3,876	480	287.6	22.34
1994	13,944	3,641	461	261.1	20.71
1995	13,240	3,350	451	253.0	20.19	9.5
1996	13,351	3,326	420	249.1	19.94
1997	13,226	3,257	442	246.3	19.76
1998	13,275	3,090	443	232.8	18.88
1999	13,138	3,286	415	250.1	20.01
2000	13,121	3,593	463	273.8	21.50	11.3
2001	12,989	3,779	407	290.9	22.54	12.0
2002	12,578	3,617	397	287.6	22.33	11.7
2003	12,166	3,649	371	299.9	23.07	12.0
2004	12,020	3,472	385	288.9	22.41	11.6
2005	11,514	3,173	328	275.6	21.60	10.7
2006	11,692	2,958	338	253.0	20.19	10.3
2007	11,714	2,831	319	241.7	19.46	10.0
2008	11,560	2,647	294	229.0	18.63	9.5
2009	11,312	2,374	304	209.9	17.35	8.6
2010	11,551	2,176	265	188.4	15.85	8.1
2011	11,222	2,119	263	188.8	15.88	7.9
2012	10,797	2,049	264	189.8	15.95	7.8
2013	10,705	1,970	239	184.0	15.54	7.6
2014	10,197	1,917	210	188.0	15.82	7.5
2015	10,360	1,721	203	166.1	14.25	6.8
2016	9,844	1,549	195	157.4	13.60	6.1
2017	9,455	1,605	181	169.8	14.51	6.5
2018	8,987	1,538	176	171.1	14.61	6.3
2019	8,771	1,492	178	170.1	14.54	6.3
2020	8,203	1,333	148	162.5	13.98	5.8
2021	7,978	1,238	144	155.2	13.43	5.5
2022	7,762	1,081	148	139.3	12.22	4.9
2023	7,189	1,185	136	164.8	14.15
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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