Year Number per 1,000 Live Births 1960-01-01 101.8 1961-01-01 101.0 1962-01-01 99.9 1963-01-01 98.6 1964-01-01 97.2 1965-01-01 95.5 1966-01-01 93.8 1967-01-01 92 1968-01-01 90.2 1969-01-01 88.4 1970-01-01 86.5 1971-01-01 84.4 1972-01-01 82.2 1973-01-01 79.8 1974-01-01 77.3 1975-01-01 74.8 1976-01-01 72.3 1977-01-01 70.0 1978-01-01 67.8 1979-01-01 65.7 1980-01-01 63.6 1981-01-01 61.7 1982-01-01 59.8 1983-01-01 57.9 1984-01-01 56.2 1985-01-01 54.5 1986-01-01 52.8 1987-01-01 51.2 1988-01-01 49.6 1989-01-01 48.0 1990-01-01 46.4 1991-01-01 44.8 1992-01-01 43.3 1993-01-01 41.7 1994-01-01 40.2 1995-01-01 38.8 1996-01-01 37.4 1997-01-01 36.2 1998-01-01 35.1 1999-01-01 34.1 2000-01-01 33.2 2001-01-01 32.4 2002-01-01 31.7 2003-01-01 31.1 2004-01-01 30.6 2005-01-01 30.1 2006-01-01 29.7 2007-01-01 29.3 2008-01-01 29 2009-01-01 28.7 2010-01-01 28.3 2011-01-01 28 2012-01-01 27.7 2013-01-01 27.2 2014-01-01 26.8 2015-01-01 26.2 2016-01-01 25.6 2017-01-01 25.0