Year Number per 1,000 Live Births 1960-01-01 216.5 1961-01-01 213.8 1962-01-01 210.4 1963-01-01 206.6 1964-01-01 202.4 1965-01-01 198.0 1966-01-01 193.5 1967-01-01 189.0 1968-01-01 184.5 1969-01-01 180.2 1970-01-01 176.3 1971-01-01 172.5 1972-01-01 168.8 1973-01-01 165.2 1974-01-01 161.6 1975-01-01 158.2 1976-01-01 154.7 1977-01-01 151.0 1978-01-01 147.2 1979-01-01 143.4 1980-01-01 139.4 1981-01-01 135.5 1982-01-01 131.5 1983-01-01 127.5 1984-01-01 123.4 1985-01-01 119.2 1986-01-01 115.1 1987-01-01 110.8 1988-01-01 106.5 1989-01-01 102.0 1990-01-01 97.5 1991-01-01 93.1 1992-01-01 88.8 1993-01-01 84.6 1994-01-01 80.7 1995-01-01 76.9 1996-01-01 73.3 1997-01-01 69.8 1998-01-01 66.5 1999-01-01 63.3 2000-01-01 60.2 2001-01-01 57.3 2002-01-01 54.6 2003-01-01 52.1 2004-01-01 49.6 2005-01-01 47.3 2006-01-01 45.2 2007-01-01 43.1 2008-01-01 41.1 2009-01-01 39.3 2010-01-01 37.5 2011-01-01 35.8 2012-01-01 34.2 2013-01-01 32.6 2014-01-01 31.2 2015-01-01 29.9 2016-01-01 28.8 2017-01-01 27.8