Year Number per 1,000 Live Births 1960-01-01 140.0 1961-01-01 135.7 1962-01-01 131.5 1963-01-01 127.3 1964-01-01 123.4 1965-01-01 119.5 1966-01-01 115.8 1967-01-01 112.2 1968-01-01 108.6 1969-01-01 105.0 1970-01-01 101.5 1971-01-01 97.9 1972-01-01 94.4 1973-01-01 90.9 1974-01-01 87.6 1975-01-01 84.3 1976-01-01 81.1 1977-01-01 77.9 1978-01-01 74.8 1979-01-01 71.7 1980-01-01 68.8 1981-01-01 65.9 1982-01-01 63.1 1983-01-01 60.5 1984-01-01 58 1985-01-01 55.6 1986-01-01 53.3 1987-01-01 51.1 1988-01-01 49 1989-01-01 47 1990-01-01 45.1 1991-01-01 43.3 1992-01-01 41.6 1993-01-01 40 1994-01-01 38.5 1995-01-01 37.1 1996-01-01 35.7 1997-01-01 34.4 1998-01-01 36.7 1999-01-01 31.8 2000-01-01 30.6 2001-01-01 29.3 2002-01-01 28.1 2003-01-01 26.9 2004-01-01 25.8 2005-01-01 24.7 2006-01-01 23.7 2007-01-01 22.7 2008-01-01 21.8 2009-01-01 20.9 2010-01-01 20.1 2011-01-01 19.3 2012-01-01 18.6 2013-01-01 18.0 2014-01-01 17.3 2015-01-01 16.7 2016-01-01 16.2 2017-01-01 15.6