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Press release No. 120 of 27 March 2023 Number of abortions up 9.9% in 2022
Approximately 104,000 cases of abortions were reported in Germany in 2022, which was an increase of 9.9% compared with the previous year in which the lowest level (94,600 cases) had been reached since the statistics began. According to the Federal …
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Press release No. 539 of 15 December 2022 Increase of 16.7% in abortions in the 3rd quarter of 2022 compared with the same quarter a year earlier
In the third quarter of 2022, approximately 26,500 abortions were reported in Germany. The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) reports that the number of abortions rose by 16.7% in the third quarter of 2022 compared with the third quarter of 2021. …
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Press release No. 384 of 13 September 2022 Abortions in the 2nd quarter of 2022 up 11.5% on the same quarter a year earlier
In the second quarter of 2022, approximately 25,600 abortions were reported in Germany. The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) reports that the number of abortions increased by 11.5% in the second quarter of 2022 compared with the second quarter …
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Press release No. 248 of 15 June 2022 Abortions in the 1st quarter of 2022 up 4.8% year on year
In the 1st quarter of 2022, roughly 25,800 abortions were reported in Germany. The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) also reports that the number of abortions increased by 4.8% in the 1st quarter of 2022 compared with the 1st quarter of 2021. …
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Press release No. 154 of 7 April 2022 Number of abortions down by 5.4% in 2021
Approximately 94,600 cases of abortions were reported in Germany in 2021, which was a decrease of 5.4% compared with the previous year. The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) also reports that the number of abortions declined by just 0.9% in 2020, …
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Press release No. 029 of 20 January 2022 Abortions in the 3rd quarter of 2021 down 6.4% year on year
In the third quarter of 2021, approximately 22,700 abortions were reported in Germany. The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) also reports that the number of abortions was down by 6.4% in the third quarter of 2021 compared with the third quarter …
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Press release No. 455 of 28 September 2021 Abortions in the 2nd quarter of 2021 down 8.5% year on year
In the second quarter of 2021, roughly 22,900 abortions were reported in Germany. The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) also reports that the number of abortions decreased by 8.5% in the second quarter of 2021 on the second quarter of 2020. This …
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Press release No. 290 of 22 June 2021 Abortions in the 1st quarter of 2021 down 7.0% year on year
In the first quarter of 2021, roughly 24,600 abortions were reported in Germany. The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) also reports that the number of abortions decreased by 7.0% in the 1st quarter of 2021 compared with the 1st quarter of 2020. …
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Press release No. 144 of 24 March 2021 Number of abortions slightly down in 2020
Totalling approximately 100,000 reported cases, the number of abortions in Germany dropped slightly in 2020 compared with the previous year (-0.9%). The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) also reports that seven in ten (71%) of the women who had …
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Press release No. 029 of 21 January 2021 Abortions in the 3rd quarter of 2020 down 3.7% year on year
In the third quarter of 2020, roughly 24,000 abortions were reported in Germany. The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) also reports that this was a decrease of 3.7% compared with the third quarter of 2019. This rate of change is within the usual …
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Press release No. 355 of 14 September 2020 Abortions in the 2nd quarter of 2020 up 2.8% on a year earlier
Totalling roughly 25,100 reported cases, the number of abortions in Germany was 2.8% higher in the second quarter of 2020 compared with the same period of the previous year. The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) also reports that this figure …
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Press release No. 200 of 4 June 2020 Abortions in the 1st quarter of 2020 down 2.0% on the same quarter a year earlier
In the 1st quarter of 2020, roughly 26,500 abortions were reported in Germany. The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) also reports that the number of abortions decreased by 2.0% in the 1st quarter of 2020 compared with the 1st quarter of 2019.
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Press release No. 070 of 3 March 2020 Number of abortions nearly unchanged in 2019
Totalling approximately 101,000 reported cases, the number of abortions in Germany was almost the same in 2019 as in the previous year (-0.1%). The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) also reports that nearly three fourths (72%) of the women who …
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Press release No. 458 of 2 December 2019 Number of abortions in the 3rd quarter of 2019 up 3.9% on a year earlier
In the third quarter of 2019, the number of abortions increased by 3.9% in Germany, compared with the third quarter of 2018. The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) also reports that roughly 25,200 abortions were recorded in the third quarter of …
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Press release No. 353 of 12 September 2019 Abortions in the 2nd quarter of 2019 down 2.2% on the same quarter a year earlier
In the 2nd quarter of 2019, the number of abortions decreased by 2.2% in Germany, compared with the 2nd quarter of 2018. The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) also reports that roughly 24,400 abortions were recorded in the 2nd quarter of 2019. …
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Press release No. 208 of 4 June 2019 Abortions in the 1st quarter of 2019 down 0.6% year on year
In the first quarter of 2019, the number of abortions fell by 0.6% on the same period a year earlier. The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) also reports that roughly 27,000 abortions were reported in Germany in the first quarter of 2019.
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Press release No. 070 of 27 February 2019 Number of abortions down 0.2% in 2018
In 2018, the number of abortions decreased by 0.2% compared with the previous year. The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) also reports that approximately 101,000 abortions were reported in Germany in 2018.
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Press release No. 494 of 14 December 2018 Number of abortions in the 3rd quarter of 2018 down 1.8% on a year earlier
In the third quarter of 2018, the number of abortions fell by 1.8% on the same period a year earlier. The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) also reports that roughly 24,200 abortions were recorded in Germany in the third quarter of 2018.
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Press release No. 350 of 18 September 2018 Number of abortions down 2.7% in the 2nd quarter of 2018
In the second quarter of 2018, the number of abortions fell by 2.7% on the same period a year earlier. The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) also reports that roughly 25,000 abortions were reported in Germany in the second quarter of 2018.
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Press release No. 207 of 13 June 2018 Number of abortions up 2.2% in the 1st quarter of 2018
In the first quarter of 2018, roughly 27,200 abortions were reported in Germany. The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) also reports that this was an increase of 2.2% compared with the same period a year earlier.
