Year Number per 1,000 Live Births 1960-01-01 152.3 1961-01-01 149.9 1962-01-01 147.6 1963-01-01 145.3 1964-01-01 143.0 1965-01-01 140.7 1966-01-01 138.6 1967-01-01 136.4 1968-01-01 134.2 1969-01-01 132.1 1970-01-01 129.8 1971-01-01 127.4 1972-01-01 125.2 1973-01-01 122.9 1974-01-01 120.4 1975-01-01 118.1 1976-01-01 115.6 1977-01-01 113.3 1978-01-01 111.1 1979-01-01 109.0 1980-01-01 106.7 1981-01-01 104.4 1982-01-01 102.1 1983-01-01 99.6 1984-01-01 97.1 1985-01-01 94.6 1986-01-01 92.0 1987-01-01 89.5 1988-01-01 87.1 1989-01-01 84.7 1990-01-01 82.4 1991-01-01 80.2 1992-01-01 78.1 1993-01-01 76.0 1994-01-01 74.1 1995-01-01 72.2 1996-01-01 70.3 1997-01-01 68.5 1998-01-01 66.8 1999-01-01 65.1 2000-01-01 63.4 2001-01-01 61.8 2002-01-01 60.1 2003-01-01 58.5 2004-01-01 57.0 2005-01-01 55.4 2006-01-01 53.9 2007-01-01 52.5 2008-01-01 51.2 2009-01-01 49.9 2010-01-01 48.7 2011-01-01 47.6 2012-01-01 46.4 2013-01-01 45.4 2014-01-01 44.2 2015-01-01 43.3 2016-01-01 42.3 2017-01-01 41.4