Year Number per 1,000 Live Births 1960-01-01 115.3 1961-01-01 112.1 1962-01-01 108.9 1963-01-01 105.7 1964-01-01 102.7 1965-01-01 99.7 1966-01-01 96.8 1967-01-01 93.9 1968-01-01 91.0 1969-01-01 88.0 1970-01-01 85.0 1971-01-01 81.8 1972-01-01 78.7 1973-01-01 75.4 1974-01-01 72.1 1975-01-01 68.8 1976-01-01 65.6 1977-01-01 62.5 1978-01-01 59.4 1979-01-01 56.6 1980-01-01 53.9 1981-01-01 51.3 1982-01-01 49.0 1983-01-01 46.8 1984-01-01 44.8 1985-01-01 42.9 1986-01-01 41.3 1987-01-01 40.1 1988-01-01 39.3 1989-01-01 39.1 1990-01-01 39.5 1991-01-01 40.4 1992-01-01 41.7 1993-01-01 43.1 1994-01-01 44.6 1995-01-01 46.0 1996-01-01 47.5 1997-01-01 48.7 1998-01-01 49.7 1999-01-01 50.3 2000-01-01 50.0 2001-01-01 49.3 2002-01-01 48.4 2003-01-01 47.4 2004-01-01 46.1 2005-01-01 42.5 2006-01-01 41.1 2007-01-01 41.8 2008-01-01 41.5 2009-01-01 40.3 2010-01-01 38.5 2011-01-01 38.9 2012-01-01 36.8 2013-01-01 34.8 2014-01-01 34.4 2015-01-01 33.1 2016-01-01 32.3 2017-01-01 30.8