Year Number per 1,000 Live Births 1960-01-01 85.9 1961-01-01 82.2 1962-01-01 78.9 1963-01-01 75.7 1964-01-01 72.8 1965-01-01 70.2 1966-01-01 67.7 1967-01-01 65.4 1968-01-01 63.1 1969-01-01 60.9 1970-01-01 58.8 1971-01-01 56.8 1972-01-01 55.2 1973-01-01 53.9 1974-01-01 52.9 1975-01-01 52.2 1976-01-01 51.7 1977-01-01 51.3 1978-01-01 50.8 1979-01-01 50.3 1980-01-01 49.7 1981-01-01 49.0 1982-01-01 48.1 1983-01-01 47.1 1984-01-01 46.0 1985-01-01 44.9 1986-01-01 43.8 1987-01-01 42.6 1988-01-01 41.4 1989-01-01 40.0 1990-01-01 38.7 1991-01-01 37.4 1992-01-01 36.1 1993-01-01 35.0 1994-01-01 34.0 1995-01-01 33.4 1996-01-01 33.0 1997-01-01 32.8 1998-01-01 32.9 1999-01-01 32.9 2000-01-01 32.9 2001-01-01 32.9 2002-01-01 32.8 2003-01-01 32.7 2004-01-01 32.5 2005-01-01 32.3 2006-01-01 32.2 2007-01-01 32 2008-01-01 31.8 2009-01-01 31.7 2010-01-01 31.6 2011-01-01 31.4 2012-01-01 31.1 2013-01-01 30.6 2014-01-01 30.0 2015-01-01 29.4 2016-01-01 28.7 2017-01-01 28.0