Year Number per 1,000 Live Births 1960-01-01 127.6 1961-01-01 124.3 1962-01-01 121.1 1963-01-01 118.1 1964-01-01 115.4 1965-01-01 112.9 1966-01-01 110.7 1967-01-01 108.5 1968-01-01 106.4 1969-01-01 104.2 1970-01-01 102.0 1971-01-01 99.6 1972-01-01 97.2 1973-01-01 94.8 1974-01-01 92.5 1975-01-01 90.0 1976-01-01 87.6 1977-01-01 85.1 1978-01-01 82.5 1979-01-01 79.7 1980-01-01 76.7 1981-01-01 73.7 1982-01-01 70.8 1983-01-01 67.9 1984-01-01 65.3 1985-01-01 62.9 1986-01-01 60.7 1987-01-01 58.7 1988-01-01 56.6 1989-01-01 54.6 1990-01-01 52.6 1991-01-01 50.4 1992-01-01 48.2 1993-01-01 45.8 1994-01-01 43.4 1995-01-01 41.0 1996-01-01 38.6 1997-01-01 36.4 1998-01-01 34.3 1999-01-01 32.3 2000-01-01 30.4 2001-01-01 28.6 2002-01-01 26.8 2003-01-01 25.2 2004-01-01 23.6 2005-01-01 22.1 2006-01-01 20.8 2007-01-01 19.5 2008-01-01 18.5 2009-01-01 17.5 2010-01-01 16.7 2011-01-01 16.0 2012-01-01 15.4 2013-01-01 14.9 2014-01-01 14.5 2015-01-01 14 2016-01-01 14.6 2017-01-01 13.2