Year Number per 1,000 Live Births 1960-01-01 240.5 1961-01-01 236.2 1962-01-01 232.2 1963-01-01 228.3 1964-01-01 224.6 1965-01-01 220.6 1966-01-01 216.8 1967-01-01 212.8 1968-01-01 209.1 1969-01-01 205.3 1970-01-01 201.3 1971-01-01 197.5 1972-01-01 193.8 1973-01-01 189.7 1974-01-01 185.7 1975-01-01 181.7 1976-01-01 177.6 1977-01-01 173.6 1978-01-01 169.4 1979-01-01 165.1 1980-01-01 160.9 1981-01-01 156.4 1982-01-01 152.2 1983-01-01 147.8 1984-01-01 143.7 1985-01-01 139.5 1986-01-01 135.2 1987-01-01 131.1 1988-01-01 126.9 1989-01-01 122.7 1990-01-01 118.8 1991-01-01 115.1 1992-01-01 111.4 1993-01-01 108.1 1994-01-01 105.0 1995-01-01 102.2 1996-01-01 99.5 1997-01-01 97.0 1998-01-01 94.7 1999-01-01 92.4 2000-01-01 90.2 2001-01-01 88.0 2002-01-01 85.7 2003-01-01 83.4 2004-01-01 80.9 2005-01-01 78.4 2006-01-01 75.8 2007-01-01 73.2 2008-01-01 70.6 2009-01-01 68.1 2010-01-01 65.6 2011-01-01 63.2 2012-01-01 60.9 2013-01-01 58.7 2014-01-01 56.7 2015-01-01 54.9 2016-01-01 53.2 2017-01-01 51.5