Israel Health & Medicine: Terminations of Pregnancies

(1990 - Present)

Year	Applications	Per 1,000 vomen aged 15-49	Approvals	Approval Rate	% Out-of-wedlock pregnancy	% Malformed fetus	% Danger to woman's life
1988	18,015	18.6	16,181	89.8	44.1	19.8	24.7
1989	17,761	17.0	15,918	89.6	42.4	19.1	25.2
1990	18,000	17.3	16,446	91.4	43.5	18.4	26.1
1991	18,016	16.2	17,225	95.6	43.2	17.9	26.9
1992	18,447	16.0	17,823	96.6	43.1	18.4	26.6
1993	17,164	14.6	16,670	97.1	44.9	16.0	28.2
1994	16,903	14.0	16,477	97.5	47.7	15.1	27.0
1995	18,143	13.0	17,627	97.2	48.8	14.4	26.2
1996	18,059	12.6	17,447	96.6	51.4	14.2	23.4
1997	19,210	13.0	18,771	97.7	52.0	15.7	20.7
1998	18,500	12.4	18,164	98.2	52.0	15.3	20.8
1999	18,372	12.0	17,900	97.4	54.5	15.0	20.7
2000	18,689	11.9	18,354	98.2	54.4	15.0	20.8
2001	19,131	12.0	18,909	98.8	52.7	15.7	21.2
2002	19,127	11.8	18,949	99.1	52.5	16.6	20.0
2003	19,671	12.0	19,499	99.1	52.5	17.1	19.4
2004	19,712	11.9	19,473	98.8	54.0	16.3	19.2
2005	19,090	11.3	18,803	98.5	54.5	17.3	18.4
2006	19,452	11.4	19,209	98.8	54.9	18.6	16.9
2007	19,470	11.3	19,268	99.0	53.2	19.0	18.1
2008	19,638	11.2	19,362	98.6	52.0	18.8	18.5
2009	19,849	11.0	19,551	98.5	51.4	19.1	18.8
2010	19,575	10.8	19,311	98.7	50.5	19.4	19.5
2011	18,974	10.3	18,795	99.1	49.9	20.3	19.8
2012	18,822	10.1	18,588	98.8	50.0	19.4	21.5
2013	18,263	9.6	18,047	98.8	48.6	20.6	22.0
2014	18,646	9.7	18,447	98.9	51.7	19.3	20.2
2015	18,510	9.4	18,336	99.1	50.2	20.3	20.4
2016	18,032	9.0	17,900	99.3	49.7	20.5	20.7
2017	17,924	8.8	17,786	99.2	51.5	19.8	19.3
2018	17,869	8.6	17,722	99.2	50.9	20.7	19.0
2019	17,688	8.4	17,498	99.4	51.5	19.6	19.9

Source: Israel Central Bureau of Statistics

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