Year Number per 1,000 Live Births 1960-01-01 57.2 1961-01-01 55.1 1962-01-01 53.2 1963-01-01 51.5 1964-01-01 50.0 1965-01-01 48.7 1966-01-01 47.5 1967-01-01 46.5 1968-01-01 45.6 1969-01-01 45.0 1970-01-01 44.5 1971-01-01 44.1 1972-01-01 43.8 1973-01-01 43.4 1974-01-01 42.8 1975-01-01 42.1 1976-01-01 41.2 1977-01-01 40.0 1978-01-01 38.6 1979-01-01 37.1 1980-01-01 35.5 1981-01-01 34.0 1982-01-01 32.5 1983-01-01 31.2 1984-01-01 30.0 1985-01-01 28.9 1986-01-01 27.9 1987-01-01 27.0 1988-01-01 26.1 1989-01-01 25.2 1990-01-01 24.3 1991-01-01 23.5 1992-01-01 22.7 1993-01-01 22.1 1994-01-01 21.5 1995-01-01 21.0 1996-01-01 20.6 1997-01-01 20.3 1998-01-01 20.0 1999-01-01 19.7 2000-01-01 19.5 2001-01-01 19.3 2002-01-01 19.2 2003-01-01 19.2 2004-01-01 19.4 2005-01-01 19.6 2006-01-01 19.9 2007-01-01 20.1 2008-01-01 20.2 2009-01-01 20.3 2010-01-01 20.3 2011-01-01 20.3 2012-01-01 20.4 2013-01-01 20.4 2014-01-01 20.6 2015-01-01 20.8 2016-01-01 21.1 2017-01-01 21.4