Abortion statistics and other data--Johnston`s Archive
Historical abortion statistics, Liaoning (PR China)
compiled by Wm. Robert Johnston
last updated 16 July 2026
Definition of table data (see notes after table for additional information):
- Abortions, all to residents include all abortions obtained by prefecture residents.
- Abortion ratio is abortions per 1000 live births.
- Abortion % is abortions as percentage of pregnancies (excluding fetal deaths/miscarriages).
| year | live births | abortions | abortion ratio | abortion % |
|---|
| all to residents | all to residents | all to residents |
|---|
| 1956 | 783,900 | | | |
| 1957 | | | | |
| 1958 | | | | |
| 1959 | | | | |
| 1960 | | | | |
| 1961 | | | | |
| 1962 | | | | |
| 1963 | | | | |
| 1964 | | | | |
| 1965 | 1,016,600 | | | |
| 1966 | | | | |
| 1967 | | | | |
| 1968 | | | | |
| 1969 | | | | |
| 1970 | | | | |
| 1971 | | | | |
| 1972 | 823,800 | | | |
| 1973 | 855,100 | | | |
| 1974 | 750,600 | | | |
| 1975 | 659,300 | | | |
| 1976 | 599,400 | | | |
| 1977 | 598,000 | | | |
| 1978 | 722,500 | | | |
| 1979 | 661,000 | | | |
| 1980 | 592,800 | | | |
| 1981 | 586,400 | | | |
| 1982 | | | | |
| 1983 | | | | |
| 1984 | | | | |
| 1985 | | | | |
| 1986 | | | | |
| 1987 | | | | |
| 1988 | 616,500 | 99,000 | 160.6 | 13.84 |
| 1989 | | | | |
| 1990 | 646,600 | 97,000 | 150.0 | 13.04 |
| 1991 | 482,800 | 101,000 | 209.2 | 17.30 |
| 1992 | 504,800 | 81,000 | 160.5 | 13.83 |
| 1993 | | | | |
| 1994 | 498,600 | 45,000 | 90.3 | 8.28 |
| 1995 | | | | |
| 1996 | 500,100 | 35,000 | 70.0 | 6.54 |
| 1997 | | | | |
| 1998 | 473,500 | | | |
| 1999 | | | | |
| 2000 | 447,700 | | | |
| 2001 | 324,600 | | | |
| 2002 | 310,200 | | | |
| 2003 | 290,500 | 266,217 | 916.4 | 47.82 |
| 2004 | 274,500 | 257,053 | 936.4 | 48.36 |
| 2005 | 295,900 | 246,516 | 833.1 | 45.45 |
| 2006 | 273,300 | 259,612 | 949.9 | 48.72 |
| 2007 | 296,100 | | | |
| 2008 | 272,700 | 306,018 | 1,122.2 | 52.88 |
| 2009 | 263,100 | 205,254 | 780.1 | 43.82 |
| 2010 | 292,300 | | | |
| 2011 | 250,000 | 207,693 | 830.8 | 45.38 |
| 2012 | 269,100 | 209,296 | 777.8 | 43.75 |
| 2013 | 265,800 | | | |
| 2014 | 282,800 | 273,096 | 965.7 | 49.13 |
| 2015 | 267,700 | 268,236 | 1,002.0 | 50.05 |
| 2016 | 285,600 | 263,270 | 921.8 | 47.97 |
| 2017 | 279,800 | 245,764 | 878.4 | 46.76 |
| 2018 | 274,200 | 237,181 | 865.0 | 46.38 |
| 2019 | 275,900 | 230,576 | 835.7 | 45.53 |
| 2020 | 219,600 | | | |
| 2021 | 199,200 | | | |
| 2022 | 171,200 | | | |
| 2023 | 169,800 | | | |
| 2024 | 179,500 | | | |
| 2025 | | | | |
| year | live births | abortions | abortion ratio | abortion % |
|---|
| all to residents | all to residents | all to residents |
|---|
Notes:
- Live births are estimated from reported populations and raw birth rates.
- Abortion data are generally estimated from reported abortion ratios and estimated live births and may be incomplete.
Sources:
- China Training Center, Reproductive Health and Family Care, 2011, "Total national family planning procedures performed (1971-2009)," CTC, on line [http://www.ctc-health.org.cn/file/2011shoushu.pdf].
- GSWS (PRC), on line [http://www.gsws.gov.cn/...3/.../20100316201139457.xls]
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- (incomplete)
© 2026 by Wm. Robert Johnston.
Last modified 16 July 2026.
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