Year Number per 1,000 Live Births 1960-01-01 66.5 1961-01-01 64.1 1962-01-01 61.9 1963-01-01 60.2 1964-01-01 58.8 1965-01-01 57.6 1966-01-01 56.8 1967-01-01 56.1 1968-01-01 55.5 1969-01-01 55.2 1970-01-01 54.9 1971-01-01 54.8 1972-01-01 54.7 1973-01-01 54.6 1974-01-01 54.5 1975-01-01 54.4 1976-01-01 54.2 1977-01-01 53.9 1978-01-01 53.6 1979-01-01 53.2 1980-01-01 52.9 1981-01-01 52.5 1982-01-01 52.1 1983-01-01 51.6 1984-01-01 51.2 1985-01-01 50.7 1986-01-01 50.1 1987-01-01 49.4 1988-01-01 48.6 1989-01-01 47.6 1990-01-01 46.6 1991-01-01 45.6 1992-01-01 44.6 1993-01-01 43.5 1994-01-01 42.5 1995-01-01 41.5 1996-01-01 40.6 1997-01-01 39.7 1998-01-01 38.8 1999-01-01 38.0 2000-01-01 37.2 2001-01-01 36.4 2002-01-01 35.6 2003-01-01 34.9 2004-01-01 34.2 2005-01-01 33.6 2006-01-01 33.0 2007-01-01 32.4 2008-01-01 31.8 2009-01-01 31.2 2010-01-01 30.7 2011-01-01 30.1 2012-01-01 29.5 2013-01-01 28.9 2014-01-01 28.3 2015-01-01 27.5 2016-01-01 26.7 2017-01-01 26.0