Year Number per 1,000 Live Births 1960-01-01 119.8 1961-01-01 116.4 1962-01-01 113.3 1963-01-01 110.3 1964-01-01 107.6 1965-01-01 105.2 1966-01-01 103.0 1967-01-01 101.0 1968-01-01 99.3 1969-01-01 97.6 1970-01-01 95.8 1971-01-01 93.7 1972-01-01 91.3 1973-01-01 88.6 1974-01-01 85.4 1975-01-01 82.1 1976-01-01 78.8 1977-01-01 75.7 1978-01-01 72.8 1979-01-01 70.0 1980-01-01 67.1 1981-01-01 64.3 1982-01-01 61.3 1983-01-01 58.4 1984-01-01 55.5 1985-01-01 52.8 1986-01-01 50.4 1987-01-01 48.2 1988-01-01 46.1 1989-01-01 44.2 1990-01-01 42.4 1991-01-01 40.6 1992-01-01 38.7 1993-01-01 36.9 1994-01-01 35.0 1995-01-01 33.0 1996-01-01 31.1 1997-01-01 29.1 1998-01-01 27.4 1999-01-01 25.7 2000-01-01 24.3 2001-01-01 23.1 2002-01-01 22.0 2003-01-01 21.1 2004-01-01 20.2 2005-01-01 19.4 2006-01-01 18.7 2007-01-01 17.9 2008-01-01 17.2 2009-01-01 16.4 2010-01-01 15.7 2011-01-01 15.0 2012-01-01 14.4 2013-01-01 13.8 2014-01-01 13.4 2015-01-01 13.0 2016-01-01 12.7 2017-01-01 12.5