Year Number per 1,000 Live Births 1960-01-01 117.4 1961-01-01 112.9 1962-01-01 109.0 1963-01-01 105.6 1964-01-01 102.8 1965-01-01 100.6 1966-01-01 98.9 1967-01-01 97.3 1968-01-01 95.7 1969-01-01 94.0 1970-01-01 92.2 1971-01-01 90.4 1972-01-01 88.4 1973-01-01 86.3 1974-01-01 84.0 1975-01-01 81.6 1976-01-01 79.2 1977-01-01 76.6 1978-01-01 74.1 1979-01-01 71.6 1980-01-01 69.8 1981-01-01 67.8 1982-01-01 66.0 1983-01-01 64.6 1984-01-01 63.5 1985-01-01 62.8 1986-01-01 62.6 1987-01-01 62.8 1988-01-01 63.5 1989-01-01 64.6 1990-01-01 65.9 1991-01-01 67.3 1992-01-01 68.6 1993-01-01 69.6 1994-01-01 70.2 1995-01-01 70.3 1996-01-01 69.9 1997-01-01 69.0 1998-01-01 67.7 1999-01-01 66.0 2000-01-01 64.0 2001-01-01 61.7 2002-01-01 59.1 2003-01-01 56.4 2004-01-01 53.5 2005-01-01 50.4 2006-01-01 47.7 2007-01-01 45.5 2008-01-01 43.1 2009-01-01 41.4 2010-01-01 39.9 2011-01-01 38.9 2012-01-01 38.3 2013-01-01 37.4 2014-01-01 36.3 2015-01-01 35.1 2016-01-01 34.3 2017-01-01 33.6