Year Number per 1,000 Live Births 1960-01-01 129.2 1961-01-01 122.2 1962-01-01 116.1 1963-01-01 110.5 1964-01-01 105.3 1965-01-01 100.5 1966-01-01 95.9 1967-01-01 91.6 1968-01-01 87.7 1969-01-01 84.0 1970-01-01 80.5 1971-01-01 77.3 1972-01-01 74.1 1973-01-01 71.1 1974-01-01 68.2 1975-01-01 65.5 1976-01-01 62.9 1977-01-01 60.6 1978-01-01 58.4 1979-01-01 56.3 1980-01-01 54.5 1981-01-01 52.8 1982-01-01 51.2 1983-01-01 49.7 1984-01-01 48.4 1985-01-01 47.1 1986-01-01 45.9 1987-01-01 44.8 1988-01-01 43.8 1989-01-01 43.0 1990-01-01 42.2 1991-01-01 41.5 1992-01-01 40.8 1993-01-01 40.2 1994-01-01 39.6 1995-01-01 39.0 1996-01-01 38.4 1997-01-01 37.7 1998-01-01 37.1 1999-01-01 36.5 2000-01-01 35.9 2001-01-01 35.3 2002-01-01 34.8 2003-01-01 34.2 2004-01-01 33.7 2005-01-01 33.2 2006-01-01 32.6 2007-01-01 32 2008-01-01 31.4 2009-01-01 30.8 2010-01-01 30.2 2011-01-01 29.5 2012-01-01 28.9 2013-01-01 28.1 2014-01-01 27.4 2015-01-01 26.7 2016-01-01 26.0 2017-01-01 25.3