Year Number per 1,000 Live Births 1960-01-01 68.4 1961-01-01 66.3 1962-01-01 63.3 1963-01-01 60.0 1964-01-01 58.0 1965-01-01 59.6 1966-01-01 65.2 1967-01-01 69.9 1968-01-01 67.8 1969-01-01 61.8 1970-01-01 58.2 1971-01-01 59.0 1972-01-01 60.5 1973-01-01 58.7 1974-01-01 54 1975-01-01 48.5 1976-01-01 43.7 1977-01-01 39.7 1978-01-01 36.7 1979-01-01 34.3 1980-01-01 32.2 1981-01-01 30.1 1982-01-01 28.0 1983-01-01 25.9 1984-01-01 24.3 1985-01-01 23.7 1986-01-01 24.1 1987-01-01 24.3 1988-01-01 23.3 1989-01-01 21.4 1990-01-01 19.8 1991-01-01 18.7 1992-01-01 18.4 1993-01-01 18.4 1994-01-01 18.8 1995-01-01 19.4 1996-01-01 19.9 1997-01-01 19.8 1998-01-01 19.1 1999-01-01 17.8 2000-01-01 16.3 2001-01-01 15.1 2002-01-01 14.2 2003-01-01 13.8 2004-01-01 13.7 2005-01-01 13.9 2006-01-01 14.1 2007-01-01 14.2 2008-01-01 13.9 2009-01-01 13.6 2010-01-01 13.2 2011-01-01 13.2 2012-01-01 13.1 2013-01-01 13.1 2014-01-01 13.0 2015-01-01 12.8 2016-01-01 12.2 2017-01-01 11.6