Year Number per 1,000 Live Births 1960-01-01 144.2 1961-01-01 141.9 1962-01-01 139.6 1963-01-01 137.2 1964-01-01 134.7 1965-01-01 132.2 1966-01-01 129.6 1967-01-01 127.1 1968-01-01 124.6 1969-01-01 122.3 1970-01-01 120.1 1971-01-01 118.1 1972-01-01 116.1 1973-01-01 114.0 1974-01-01 111.7 1975-01-01 109.1 1976-01-01 106.3 1977-01-01 103.3 1978-01-01 100.0 1979-01-01 96.8 1980-01-01 93.4 1981-01-01 90.1 1982-01-01 86.7 1983-01-01 83.4 1984-01-01 80.0 1985-01-01 76.7 1986-01-01 73.6 1987-01-01 70.6 1988-01-01 67.8 1989-01-01 65.2 1990-01-01 62.7 1991-01-01 60.3 1992-01-01 58.1 1993-01-01 55.9 1994-01-01 53.8 1995-01-01 51.6 1996-01-01 49.5 1997-01-01 47.5 1998-01-01 45.6 1999-01-01 43.8 2000-01-01 42 2001-01-01 40.3 2002-01-01 38.6 2003-01-01 37.1 2004-01-01 35.6 2005-01-01 34.1 2006-01-01 32.7 2007-01-01 31.4 2008-01-01 30.1 2009-01-01 28.8 2010-01-01 27.5 2011-01-01 26.3 2012-01-01 25.1 2013-01-01 24.0 2014-01-01 22.9 2015-01-01 21.8 2016-01-01 20.9 2017-01-01 20.0