Historical abortion statistics, Sweden

Abortion statistics and other data--Johnston`s Archive

Historical abortion statistics, Sweden

compiled by Wm. Robert Johnston
last updated 11 March 2012

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

Live births.
Abortions, reported includes legal reported induced abortions.
Abortions, residents, in country only includes reported abortions obtained within the country by residents only.
Abortions, residents, obtained abroad includes reported abortions by country residents obtained in other countries.
Abortions, residents, total includes reported abortions by residents, obtained both within the country and abroad.
Fetal deaths generally includes fetal deaths or stillbirths of at least 20 weeks` gestation.
Miscarriages generally includes spontaneous fetal losses/ abortions, fetal deaths, or stillbirths, regardless of gestation period.
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 15-44.

Sweden regional level data also available here.

abortions, abortion ratio abortion %

abortions, abortions,
residents, abortions, abortion
live abortions, residents, occurrences fetal residents, residents,
year in residents, miscarriages all in all in rate,
births reported obtained by non- deaths in/out of in/out of
country total country country residents
abroad residents country country
only

1900 138139

1901 139370
1902 137364

1903 133896

1904 134952

1905 135409

1906 136620
1907 136793

1908 138874
1909 139505

1910 135625

1911 132977
1912 132868
1913 130200

1914 129458

1915 122997
1916 121679
1917 120855

1918 117955

1919 115193
1920 138753
1921 127723
1922 116946

1923 113435

1924 109055

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1925 106292

1926 102007
1927 97994

1928 97868
1929 92861

1930 94220
1931 91074

1932 89779
1933 85020

1934 85092
1935 85906
1936 88938

1937 90373
1938 93946

1939 97380 439 (439) 439 4.5 4.5 0.45 0.45

1940 95778 506 (506) 506 5.3 5.3 0.53 0.53

1941 99727 496 (496) 496 5.0 5.0 0.49 0.49

1942 113961 568 (568) 568 5.0 5.0 0.50 0.50

1943 125392 703 (703) 703 5.6 5.6 0.56 0.56

1944 134991 1088 (1088) 1088 8.1 8.1 0.80 0.80

1945 135373 1623 (1623) 1623 12.0 12.0 1.2 1.2

1946 132597 2378 (2378) 2378 17.9 17.9 1.8 1.8

1947 128779 3534 (3534) 3534 27.4 27.4 2.7 2.7

1948 126683 4585 (4585) 4585 36.2 36.2 3.5 3.5

1949 121272 5503 (5503) 5503 45.4 45.4 4.3 4.3

1950 117754 5889 (5889) 5889 50.0 50.0 4.8 4.8

1951 112331 6328 (6328) 6328 56.3 56.3 5.3 5.3

1952 112244 5322 (5322) 5322 47.4 47.4 4.5 4.5

1953 112151 4915 (4915) 4915 43.8 43.8 4.2 4.2

1954 106907 5089 (5089) 5089 47.6 47.6 4.5 4.5

1955 109124 4562 (4562) 4562 1819 41.8 41.8 4.0 4.0 3.1
1956 109796 3851 (3851) 3851 35.1 35.1 3.4 3.4
1957 108868 3386 (3386) 3386 31.1 31.1 3.0 3.0

1958 107203 2823 (2823) 2823 26.3 26.3 2.6 2.6

1959 106397 3071 (3071) 3071 28.9 28.9 2.8 2.8

1960 103637 2792 (2792) 2792 1418 26.9 26.9 2.6 2.6 1.9
1961 105913 2909 (2909) 2909 1340 27.5 27.5 2.7 2.7
1962 108632 3205 (3205) 3205 1348 29.5 29.5 2.9 2.9

1963 114158 3528 (3528) 3528 1367 30.9 30.9 3.0 3.0

1964 124055 4671 (4671) 4671 1391 37.7 37.7 3.6 3.6
1965 122806 6600 (6600) 6600 1268 53.7 53.7 5.1 5.1 4.0
1966 124591 7254 (7254) 7254 1237 58.2 58.2 5.5 5.5

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1967 122100 9703 (9703) 9703 1157 79.5 79.5 7.4 7.4
1968 114017 10940 (10940) 10940 1026 96.0 96.0 8.8 8.8

1969 107622 13735 (13735) 13735 871 127.6 127.6 11.3 11.3 8.8
1970 111079 16100 (16100) 16100 929 144.9 144.9 12.7 12.7 10.2

1971 114484 19300 (19300) 19300 905 168.6 168.6 14.4 14.4 12.2
1972 112273 24170 (24170) 24170 764 215.3 215.3 17.7 17.7 15.2

1973 109663 25990 (25990) 25990 788 237.0 237.0 19.2 19.2 16.3
1974 109874 30636 (30636) 30636 732 278.8 278.8 21.8 21.8 19.2
1975 103632 35526 (35526) 35526 603 342.8 342.8 25.5 25.5 20.3

1976 98345 32351 (32351) 32351 545 329.0 329.0 24.8 24.8 20.0

1977 96057 31462 (31462) 31462 492 327.5 327.5 24.7 24.7 19.3
1978 93248 31918 (31918) 31918 455 342.3 342.3 25.5 25.5 19.4
1979 96255 34709 (34709) 34709 445 360.6 360.6 26.5 26.5 20.9

1980 97064 34887 (34887) 34887 436 359.4 359.4 26.4 26.4 20.7
1981 94065 33294 (33294) 33294 380 353.9 353.9 26.1 26.1 19.6

1982 92748 32604 (32604) 32604 375 351.5 351.5 26.0 26.0 19.0

1983 91780 31014 (31014) 31014 340 337.9 337.9 25.3 25.3 17.9

1984 93889 30755 (30755) 30755 381 327.6 327.6 24.7 24.7 17.7

1985 98463 30838 (30838) 30838 388 313.2 313.2 23.8 23.8 17.7

1986 101950 33124 (33124) 33124 424 324.9 324.9 24.5 24.5 18.9

1987 104699 34707 (34707) 34707 412 331.5 331.5 24.9 24.9 19.8
1988 112080 37585 (37585) 37585 422 335.3 335.3 25.1 25.1 21.4

1989 116023 37920 (37920) 37920 423 326.8 326.8 24.6 24.6 21.5

1990 123938 37489 (37489) 37489 443 302.5 302.5 23.2 23.2 21.3

1991 123737 35788 (35788) 35788 471 289.2 289.2 22.4 22.4 20.4

1992 122848 34849 (34849) 34849 401 283.7 283.7 22.1 22.1 20.0

1993 117998 34169 (34169) 34169 407 289.6 289.6 22.5 22.5 19.8

1994 112257 32293 (32293) 32293 352 287.7 287.7 22.3 22.3 18.7
1995 103422 31441 (31441) 31441 350 304.0 304.0 23.3 23.3 18.3
1996 95297 32117 (32117) 32117 331 337.0 337.0 25.2 25.2 19.0

1997 90502 31433 31168 31168 350 344.4 347.3 25.6 25.8 18.4
1998 89028 31008 30771 30771 324 345.6 348.3 25.7 25.8 18.3

1999 88173 30712 30462 30462 339 345.5 348.3 25.7 25.8 18.1
2000 90698 30980 30680 30680 355 338.3 341.6 25.3 25.5 18.3
2001 91466 31772 31425 31425 349 343.6 347.4 25.6 25.8 18.7

2002 95953 33365 32878 32878 81 352 342.6 347.7 25.5 25.8 19.6

2003 99260 34473 33893 33893 87 359 341.5 347.3 25.5 25.8 20.2
2004 101018 34454 33727 33727 104 333 333.9 341.1 25.0 25.4 20.0
2005 101496 34978 34384 34384 301 338.8 344.6 25.3 25.6 20.2

2006 106013 36045 35457 35457 319 334.5 340.0 25.1 25.4 20.6
2007 107491 37205 36606 36606 326 340.5 346.1 25.4 25.7 21.0

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2008 109373 38053 37371 5 37376 682 341.7 347.9 25.5 25.8 21.3
2009 111801 37524 36808 36808 329.2 335.6 24.8 25.1 20.8
2010 115641 37698 (37698) 37698 326.0 326.0 24.6 24.6

2011
abortions, abortion ratio abortion %
abortions, abortions,
residents, abortions, abortion
live abortions, residents, occurrences fetal residents, residents,
year in residents, miscarriages all in all in rate,
births reported obtained by non- deaths in/out of in/out of
country total country country residents
abroad residents country country
only

Notes:

Parenthetical figures are estimates, some of which are derived from reported data.
Abortion ratios, percentages, and rates may be based on a mix of data from different sources and thus may not represent a consistent time series.

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