The Federal Statistical Office (StBA) collects and publishes data on the topics of health and care, for example to answer questions about affordability and to create a basis for policy action.

For this reason, the Federal Statistical Office collects abortion statistics on a quarterly basis. These provide an overview of the scale, structure and development of abortions in Germany and also of selected circumstances of the women affected. It provides important information in connection with assistance for pregnant women in conflict situations and measures to protect the unborn child.

The Federal Statistical Office collects the data from hospitals and doctors' surgeries. These report data on abortions performed on a quarterly basis.

As managers of hospitals or owners of medical practices, you are legally obliged to report the data from your facilities. You are obliged to report if abortions are performed in your facility or were performed within 2 years before the end of the current quarter.

You can send the data to the Federal Statistical Office via the survey portal of the Federal and State Statistical Offices or via the online reporting procedure IDEV. You can also instruct other persons to submit the report, for example your secretariat or doctors employed by you.