Abortion statistics and other data--Johnston`s Archive Historical abortion statistics, Romania compiled by Wm. Robert Johnston

last updated 14 January 2020

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

Live births .

. Abortions, reported includes legal reported induced abortions.

includes legal reported induced abortions. Abortions (AWR) are combined reported and estimated abortion occurrences from the Abortion Worldwide Report and working papers.

are combined reported and estimated abortion occurrences from the Abortion Worldwide Report and working papers. Abortions, residents, in country only includes reported abortions obtained within the country by residents 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.

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.

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.

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.

generally includes spontaneous fetal losses/ abortions, fetal deaths, or stillbirths, regardless of gestation period. Abortion ratio is abortions per 1000 live births.

is abortions per 1000 live births. Abortion % is abortions as percentage of pregnancies (excluding fetal deaths/miscarriages).

is abortions as percentage of pregnancies (excluding fetal deaths/miscarriages). Abortion rate, residents is abortions by residency per 1000 women of childbearing age.

is abortions by residency per 1000 women of childbearing age. Abortion rate, occurrences (AWR) is abortion occurrences from Abortion Worldwide Report figures per 1000 women ages 15-39.

Romania regional level data also available here.

year live births abortions, reported abortions (AWR) abortions, residents, in country only abortions, residents, obtained abroad abortions, residents, total miscarriages and abortions miscarriages fetal deaths abortion ratio abortion % abortion

rate,

residents abortion

rate, occurences (AWR) residents, in/out of country all in country residents, in/out of country all in country 1938 459,755 11,421 1939 1940 414,235 10,341 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 379,868 1949 444,065 1950 426,820 10,752 1951 412,534 1952 413,217 1953 401,717 1954 422,346 1955 442,800 8,152 1956 425,700 1957 407,800 (56,000) 18,447 7,012 1958 390,500 112,100 112,100 (112,100) 112,100 17,400 17,381 6,732 287.1 287.1 22.30 22.30 1959 368,007 578,000 578,000 (578,000) 578,000 16,700 16,686 6,298 1,570.6 1,570.6 61.10 61.10 139.1 1960 352,241 769,776 769,776 (769,776) 769,776 5,690 2,185.4 2,185.4 68.61 68.61 186.1 1961 324,859 859,533 859,533 (859,533) 859,533 5,251 2,645.9 2,645.9 72.57 72.57 205.4 1962 301,985 961,679 961,679 (961,679) 961,679 4,812 3,184.5 3,184.5 76.10 76.10 226.9 1963 294,886 1,034,987 1,034,987 (1,034,987) 1,034,987 4,601 3,509.8 3,509.8 77.83 77.83 240.4 1964 287,383 1,097,932 1,097,932 (1,097,932) 1,097,932 4,367 3,820.4 3,820.4 79.26 79.26 251.9 1965 278,362 1,112,704 1,112,704 (1,112,704) 1,112,704 4,048 3,997.3 3,997.3 79.99 79.99 252.3 1966 273,678 973,447 973,447 (973,447) 973,447 4,072 3,556.9 3,556.9 78.06 78.06 218.7 1967 522,900 205,783 205,783 (205,783) 205,783 9,644 393.5 393.5 28.24 28.24 46.0 1968 526,091 220,193 220,193 (220,193) 220,193 8,625 418.5 418.5 29.51 29.51 48.8 1969 465,764 257,496 257,496 (257,496) 257,496 6,984 552.8 552.8 35.60 35.60 56.9 1970 427,034 292,410 292,410 (292,410) 292,410 5,728 684.7 684.7 40.64 40.64 63.9 1971 400,146 341,740 341,740 (341,740) 341,740 4,822 854.0 854.0 46.06 46.06 71.9 1972 389,153 380,625 380,625 (380,625) 380,625 4,288 978.1 978.1 49.45 49.45 82.7 1973 378,696 375,752 375,752 (375,752) 375,752 4,194 992.2 992.2 49.80 49.80 81.3 1974 427,732 334,621 334,621 (334,621) 334,621 4,801 782.3 782.3 43.89 43.89 72.0 1975 418,185 359,417 359,417 (359,417) 359,417 4,288 859.5 859.5 46.22 46.22 77.1 1976 417,353 383,220 383,220 (383,220) 383,220 4,186 918.2 918.2 47.87 47.87 82.6 1977 423,958 378,990 378,990 (378,990) 378,990 4,144 893.9 893.9 47.20 47.20 82.0 1978 416,598 394,636 394,636 (394,636) 394,636 3,919 947.3 947.3 48.65 48.65 85.6 1979 410,603 403,776 403,776 (403,776) 403,776 3,754 983.4 983.4 49.58 49.58 88.1 1980 398,904 413,093 413,093 (413,093) 413,093 3,518 1,035.6 1,035.6 50.87 50.87 1981 381,101 427,081 427,081 (427,081) 427,081 3,257 1982 344,369 468,041 468,041 (468,041) 468,041 2,904 1,359.1 1,359.1 57.61 57.61 1983 321,498 421,486 421,486 (421,486) 421,486 2,605 1984 350,741 303,123 303,123 (303,123) 303,123 2,988 864.2 864.2 46.36 46.36 1985 358,797 302,838 302,838 (302,838) 302,838 2,824 844.0 844.0 45.77 45.77 1986 376,896 183,959 183,959 (183,959) 183,959 3,053 488.1 488.1 32.80 32.80 1987 383,199 182,442 182,442 (182,442) 182,442 3,053 476.1 476.1 32.25 32.25 1988 380,043 185,416 185,416 (185,416) 185,416 2,926 487.9 487.9 32.79 32.79 1989 369,544 193,084 193,084 (193,084) 193,084 2,821 522.5 522.5 34.32 34.32 34.6 1990 314,746 992,265 992,265 (992,265) 992,265 2,231 3,152.6 3,152.6 75.92 75.92 182.0 236.08 1991 275,275 866,934 866,934 (866,934) 866,934 1,910 3,149.3 3,149.3 75.90 75.90 158.7 206.62 1992 260,393 691,863 691,863 (691,863) 691,863 1,700 2,657.0 2,657.0 72.66 72.66 124.3 165.10 1993 249,994 585,761 585,761 (585,761) 585,761 1,582 2,343.1 2,343.1 70.09 70.09 104.0 139.09 1994 246,736 530,191 530,191 (530,191) 530,191 1,623 2,148.8 2,148.8 68.24 68.24 93.2 125.44 1995 236,640 502,840 502,840 (502,840) 502,840 1,472 2,124.9 2,124.9 68.00 68.00 87.5 118.88 1996 231,348 456,221 456,221 (456,221) 456,221 1,428 1,972.0 1,972.0 66.35 66.35 78.8 108.00 1997 236,891 347,126 347,126 (347,126) 347,126 1,483 1,465.3 1,465.3 59.44 59.44 59.7 82.39 1998 237,297 271,496 271,496 (271,496) 271,496 1,514 1,144.1 1,144.1 53.36 53.36 46.6 64.67 1999 234,600 259,888 259,888 (259,888) 259,888 1,459 1,107.8 1,107.8 52.56 52.56 44.6 61.96 2000 234,521 257,865 257,865 (257,865) 257,865 1,393 1,099.5 1,099.5 52.37 52.37 44.4 61.30 2001 220,368 254,855 254,855 (254,855) 254,855 1,282 1,156.5 1,156.5 53.63 53.63 43.8 60.21 2002 210,529 247,608 247,608 (247,608) 247,608 1,178 1,319 1,176.1 1,176.1 54.05 54.05 44.0 57.93 2003 212,459 224,807 224,807 (224,807) 224,807 1,231 1,290 1,058.1 1,058.1 51.41 51.41 40.0 52.06 2004 216,261 191,038 191,038 (191,038) 191,038 1,355 1,314 883.4 883.4 46.90 46.90 34.0 43.81 2005 221,020 163,459 163,359 (163,459) 163,459 1,099 1,262 739.6 739.6 42.51 42.51 29.2 37.21 2006 219,483 150,246 150,246 (150,246) 150,246 1,143 684.5 684.5 40.64 40.64 27.1 34.16 2007 214,728 137,226 137,226 (137,226) 5 137,231 1,009 639.1 639.1 38.99 38.99 25.0 31.55 2008 221,900 127,909 127,909 (127,909) 127,909 993 576.4 576.4 36.57 36.57 23.5 30.16 2009 222,388 116,219 116,219 (116,219) 5 116,224 969 522.6 522.6 34.32 34.32 21.4 28.04 2010 212,199 101,915 101,915 (101,915) 5 101,920 856 480.3 480.3 32.45 32.45 19.0 25.07 2011 196,242 103,386 103,386 (103,386) 4 103,390 811 526.8 526.8 34.51 34.50 21.9 25.89 2012 201,104 88,135 88,135 (88,135) 88,135 779 438.3 438.3 30.47 30.47 18.6 22.43 2013 192,574 86,432 86,432 (86,432) 5 86,437 771 448.9 448.8 30.98 30.98 20.4 22.33 2014 193,103 78,371 78,371 (78,371) 5 78,376 781 405.9 405.9 28.87 28.87 20.62 2015 197,491 70,885 70,885 (70,885) 4 70,889 735 358.9 358.9 26.41 26.41 19.07 2016 200,009 63,518 63,518 (63,518) 6 63,524 732 317.6 317.6 24.10 24.10 2017 202,151 56,238 56,238 (56,238) 3 56,241 697 278.2 278.2 21.77 21.76 2018 186,450 8 2019 year live births abortions, reported abortions (AWR) abortions, residents, in country only abortions, residents, obtained abroad abortions, residents, total miscarriages and abortions miscarriages fetal deaths abortion ratio abortion % abortion

rate,

residents abortion

rate, occurences (AWR) residents, in/out of country all in country residents, in/out of country all in country

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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