Year Number per 1,000 Live Births 1960-01-01 133.0 1961-01-01 131.7 1962-01-01 130.4 1963-01-01 129.1 1964-01-01 127.6 1965-01-01 126.1 1966-01-01 124.4 1967-01-01 122.6 1968-01-01 120.6 1969-01-01 118.6 1970-01-01 116.3 1971-01-01 113.7 1972-01-01 110.8 1973-01-01 107.5 1974-01-01 103.9 1975-01-01 99.8 1976-01-01 95.4 1977-01-01 90.8 1978-01-01 86.1 1979-01-01 81.6 1980-01-01 77.2 1981-01-01 73.2 1982-01-01 69.5 1983-01-01 66.2 1984-01-01 63.3 1985-01-01 60.8 1986-01-01 58.6 1987-01-01 56.6 1988-01-01 54.7 1989-01-01 52.8 1990-01-01 50.9 1991-01-01 48.9 1992-01-01 46.8 1993-01-01 44.7 1994-01-01 42.7 1995-01-01 40.7 1996-01-01 38.7 1997-01-01 36.8 1998-01-01 36.1 1999-01-01 33.1 2000-01-01 31.5 2001-01-01 29.9 2002-01-01 28.4 2003-01-01 27.0 2004-01-01 25.7 2005-01-01 24.5 2006-01-01 23.3 2007-01-01 22.2 2008-01-01 21.1 2009-01-01 20.1 2010-01-01 19.2 2011-01-01 18.4 2012-01-01 17.7 2013-01-01 17.0 2014-01-01 16.4 2015-01-01 15.9 2016-01-01 15.3 2017-01-01 14.8