Year Number per 1,000 Live Births 1960-01-01 146.7 1961-01-01 143.8 1962-01-01 140.9 1963-01-01 138.1 1964-01-01 135.2 1965-01-01 132.3 1966-01-01 129.4 1967-01-01 126.5 1968-01-01 123.5 1969-01-01 120.4 1970-01-01 117.4 1971-01-01 114.4 1972-01-01 111.3 1973-01-01 108.2 1974-01-01 105.1 1975-01-01 102.1 1976-01-01 99.1 1977-01-01 96.0 1978-01-01 93.1 1979-01-01 90.1 1980-01-01 87.2 1981-01-01 84.4 1982-01-01 81.5 1983-01-01 78.7 1984-01-01 75.9 1985-01-01 73.1 1986-01-01 70.4 1987-01-01 67.7 1988-01-01 65.1 1989-01-01 62.6 1990-01-01 60.1 1991-01-01 57.7 1992-01-01 55.4 1993-01-01 53.2 1994-01-01 51.1 1995-01-01 49.2 1996-01-01 47.3 1997-01-01 45.5 1998-01-01 43.8 1999-01-01 42.3 2000-01-01 40.8 2001-01-01 39.4 2002-01-01 38 2003-01-01 36.7 2004-01-01 35.5 2005-01-01 34.3 2006-01-01 33.2 2007-01-01 32.1 2008-01-01 31.1 2009-01-01 30.1 2010-01-01 29.1 2011-01-01 28.2 2012-01-01 27.2 2013-01-01 26.3 2014-01-01 25.5 2015-01-01 24.7 2016-01-01 23.9 2017-01-01 23.1