Year Number per 1,000 Live Births 1960-01-01 146.1 1961-01-01 146.3 1962-01-01 146.6 1963-01-01 147.0 1964-01-01 147.6 1965-01-01 148.1 1966-01-01 148.5 1967-01-01 148.6 1968-01-01 148.2 1969-01-01 147.1 1970-01-01 145.3 1971-01-01 142.9 1972-01-01 139.9 1973-01-01 136.3 1974-01-01 132.2 1975-01-01 127.8 1976-01-01 123.1 1977-01-01 118.3 1978-01-01 113.2 1979-01-01 107.7 1980-01-01 101.6 1981-01-01 94.4 1982-01-01 86.0 1983-01-01 76.7 1984-01-01 67.4 1985-01-01 59.3 1986-01-01 52.9 1987-01-01 48.4 1988-01-01 45.2 1989-01-01 43.2 1990-01-01 41.8 1991-01-01 40.9 1992-01-01 40.0 1993-01-01 39.1 1994-01-01 38.1 1995-01-01 37.2 1996-01-01 36.3 1997-01-01 35.5 1998-01-01 34.9 1999-01-01 34.4 2000-01-01 33.9 2001-01-01 33.3 2002-01-01 32.4 2003-01-01 31.3 2004-01-01 30.1 2005-01-01 28.8 2006-01-01 27.5 2007-01-01 26.4 2008-01-01 25.3 2009-01-01 24.3 2010-01-01 23.5 2011-01-01 22.9 2012-01-01 22.4 2013-01-01 22.1 2014-01-01 21.8 2015-01-01 21.4 2016-01-01 21.0 2017-01-01 20.6