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Number of pregnancy terminations. Classification: years, region (place of termination/place of residence of the women), features of statistics of pregnancy terminations: family status/reason for termination/type of surgical intervention/duration of pregnancy/facility of termination/previous live births

Shown values refer to:
Region: Germany, Place of residence/termination: Place of Termination

Categorization statistics of pregnancy terminations	Year (descending)
	1996	2000	2005	2010	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020
Terminations of pregnancy altogether	130,899	134,609	124,023	110,431	99,237	98,721	101,209	100,986	100,893	99,948
... by marital status
... by reason of termination
... by type of termination
... by duration of terminated pregnancy (starting from 2010) Info
... by duration of terminated pregnancy (1996 to 2009) Info
... by facility of termination
... by number of previous live births

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Dimension	Current dimension value	List of dimension values
Region	Germany	Germany Baden-Wurttemberg Bavaria Berlin Brandenburg Bremen Hamburg Hesse Mecklenburg Western Pomerania Lower Saxony North Rhine-Westphalia Rhineland-Palatinate Saarland Saxony Saxony Anhalt Schleswig-Holstein Thuringia abroad All places of residence
Place of residence/termination	Place of Termination	Place of Termination Place of Residence

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	Region
	Categorization statistics of pregnancy terminations
	Place of residence/termination
The table has 80 cells (8 rows and 10 columns).

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Source(s)/Contact

• Statistics on terminations of pregnancy (abortions), Federal Statistical Office, Branch Bonn (more information on data source/contact person, more information on methodology)

Definition(s)

• Reported terminations of pregnancy | Medical indication | Criminological indication | Counselling rule (Beratungsregelung) | Curettage | Vacuum aspiration | Hysterotomy | Hysterectomy | Mifegyne | Feticide

Comment(s)

• The data shown under "Abroad" is for women who have their permanent residence abroad.
• The position "Germany" includes the figures for all abortions performed within Germany including those performed on women who have their permanent residence abroad.

Refresh period of data

• The table was extended by the year 2022 on 27 Mar 2023.
  Information for a new reporting period will be added as soon as it is available.

Links

• Information concerning Pregnancy terminations, e.g. by age .
• Information concerning Outpatient and inpatient pregnancy terminations, pregnancy terminations per 100,000 women and per 1,000 live births .

Signs and symbols

• .   = Data unknown or confidential

The Federal Health Monitoring System 28. Mar 2023