Year Number per 1,000 Live Births 1960-01-01 60.8 1961-01-01 58.6 1962-01-01 56.5 1963-01-01 54.6 1964-01-01 52.9 1965-01-01 51.3 1966-01-01 49.8 1967-01-01 48.4 1968-01-01 47.0 1969-01-01 45.6 1970-01-01 44.2 1971-01-01 42.8 1972-01-01 41.5 1973-01-01 40.1 1974-01-01 38.9 1975-01-01 37.8 1976-01-01 36.7 1977-01-01 35.8 1978-01-01 34.8 1979-01-01 33.9 1980-01-01 33.1 1981-01-01 32.2 1982-01-01 31.4 1983-01-01 30.6 1984-01-01 29.9 1985-01-01 29.1 1986-01-01 28.3 1987-01-01 27.6 1988-01-01 26.9 1989-01-01 26.2 1990-01-01 25.5 1991-01-01 24.8 1992-01-01 24.0 1993-01-01 23.4 1994-01-01 22.7 1995-01-01 22.0 1996-01-01 21.4 1997-01-01 20.7 1998-01-01 20.1 1999-01-01 19.6 2000-01-01 19.0 2001-01-01 18.5 2002-01-01 18.1 2003-01-01 17.8 2004-01-01 17.5 2005-01-01 17.3 2006-01-01 17.1 2007-01-01 16.9 2008-01-01 16.6 2009-01-01 16.3 2010-01-01 16.0 2011-01-01 15.6 2012-01-01 15.2 2013-01-01 14.8 2014-01-01 14.3 2015-01-01 13.9 2016-01-01 13.5 2017-01-01 13.1