Year Number per 1,000 Live Births 1960-01-01 124.2 1961-01-01 122.9 1962-01-01 121.9 1963-01-01 121.2 1964-01-01 120.6 1965-01-01 120.4 1966-01-01 120.4 1967-01-01 120.6 1968-01-01 120.6 1969-01-01 120.5 1970-01-01 120.1 1971-01-01 119.4 1972-01-01 118.2 1973-01-01 116.4 1974-01-01 114.1 1975-01-01 111.4 1976-01-01 108.7 1977-01-01 106.0 1978-01-01 103.7 1979-01-01 102.0 1980-01-01 100.8 1981-01-01 99.9 1982-01-01 99.1 1983-01-01 98.1 1984-01-01 96.6 1985-01-01 94.4 1986-01-01 91.7 1987-01-01 88.6 1988-01-01 85.4 1989-01-01 82.2 1990-01-01 79.3 1991-01-01 76.9 1992-01-01 75.0 1993-01-01 73.5 1994-01-01 72.4 1995-01-01 71.4 1996-01-01 70.3 1997-01-01 69.1 1998-01-01 67.6 1999-01-01 65.9 2000-01-01 64.1 2001-01-01 62.2 2002-01-01 60.4 2003-01-01 58.9 2004-01-01 57.6 2005-01-01 56.4 2006-01-01 55.3 2007-01-01 54.0 2008-01-01 52.6 2009-01-01 50.9 2010-01-01 48.9 2011-01-01 46.9 2012-01-01 44.8 2013-01-01 42.8 2014-01-01 40.7 2015-01-01 38.9 2016-01-01 37.2 2017-01-01 35.7