Year Number per 1,000 Live Births 1960-01-01 164.6 1961-01-01 160.9 1962-01-01 157.9 1963-01-01 155.5 1964-01-01 152.8 1965-01-01 149.4 1966-01-01 145.4 1967-01-01 140.8 1968-01-01 135.4 1969-01-01 130.2 1970-01-01 125.3 1971-01-01 121.1 1972-01-01 117.9 1973-01-01 115.8 1974-01-01 114.5 1975-01-01 113.9 1976-01-01 113.7 1977-01-01 113.2 1978-01-01 112.4 1979-01-01 110.9 1980-01-01 108.8 1981-01-01 106.2 1982-01-01 103.1 1983-01-01 99.7 1984-01-01 96.2 1985-01-01 92.9 1986-01-01 90.0 1987-01-01 87.8 1988-01-01 86.3 1989-01-01 85.8 1990-01-01 86.0 1991-01-01 86.9 1992-01-01 88.2 1993-01-01 89.6 1994-01-01 91.1 1995-01-01 92.3 1996-01-01 93.2 1997-01-01 93.7 1998-01-01 93.6 1999-01-01 92.9 2000-01-01 91.6 2001-01-01 89.8 2002-01-01 87.7 2003-01-01 85.5 2004-01-01 83.3 2005-01-01 81.2 2006-01-01 79.0 2007-01-01 76.8 2008-01-01 74.2 2009-01-01 71.9 2010-01-01 69.1 2011-01-01 66.8 2012-01-01 64.4 2013-01-01 62.1 2014-01-01 60.3 2015-01-01 58.2 2016-01-01 56.6 2017-01-01 55.1