Year Number per 1,000 Live Births 1960-01-01 172.9 1961-01-01 168.6 1962-01-01 164.7 1963-01-01 161.1 1964-01-01 157.9 1965-01-01 155.2 1966-01-01 152.9 1967-01-01 151.2 1968-01-01 149.8 1969-01-01 148.9 1970-01-01 148.3 1971-01-01 147.9 1972-01-01 147.4 1973-01-01 146.7 1974-01-01 145.8 1975-01-01 144.5 1976-01-01 142.9 1977-01-01 141.0 1978-01-01 138.7 1979-01-01 136.1 1980-01-01 133.4 1981-01-01 130.5 1982-01-01 127.5 1983-01-01 124.4 1984-01-01 121.0 1985-01-01 117.7 1986-01-01 114.2 1987-01-01 110.7 1988-01-01 107.1 1989-01-01 103.4 1990-01-01 99.7 1991-01-01 95.9 1992-01-01 92.1 1993-01-01 88.3 1994-01-01 84.5 1995-01-01 80.9 1996-01-01 77.3 1997-01-01 73.8 1998-01-01 70.4 1999-01-01 67.1 2000-01-01 64 2001-01-01 61 2002-01-01 58.2 2003-01-01 55.5 2004-01-01 53.0 2005-01-01 50.4 2006-01-01 48.0 2007-01-01 45.6 2008-01-01 43.3 2009-01-01 41.1 2010-01-01 38.9 2011-01-01 36.9 2012-01-01 35 2013-01-01 33.2 2014-01-01 31.5 2015-01-01 29.8 2016-01-01 28.3 2017-01-01 26.9