Year Number per 1,000 Live Births 1960-01-01 155.3 1961-01-01 153.7 1962-01-01 152.2 1963-01-01 150.8 1964-01-01 149.5 1965-01-01 148.4 1966-01-01 147.4 1967-01-01 146.6 1968-01-01 145.8 1969-01-01 145.1 1970-01-01 144.3 1971-01-01 143.2 1972-01-01 141.7 1973-01-01 139.3 1974-01-01 136.1 1975-01-01 132.1 1976-01-01 128.0 1977-01-01 123.8 1978-01-01 120.1 1979-01-01 116.9 1980-01-01 114.4 1981-01-01 112.2 1982-01-01 110.4 1983-01-01 108.7 1984-01-01 106.9 1985-01-01 105.2 1986-01-01 103.5 1987-01-01 101.8 1988-01-01 100.5 1989-01-01 99.6 1990-01-01 99.1 1991-01-01 98.9 1992-01-01 98.9 1993-01-01 98.8 1994-01-01 98.5 1995-01-01 97.8 1996-01-01 96.8 1997-01-01 95.6 1998-01-01 94.3 1999-01-01 92.9 2000-01-01 91.5 2001-01-01 90.0 2002-01-01 88.3 2003-01-01 86.3 2004-01-01 83.9 2005-01-01 81.2 2006-01-01 78.2 2007-01-01 75.0 2008-01-01 71.9 2009-01-01 68.9 2010-01-01 66.0 2011-01-01 63.2 2012-01-01 60.6 2013-01-01 58.2 2014-01-01 56.1 2015-01-01 54.3 2016-01-01 52.6 2017-01-01 51.2