Year Number per 1,000 Live Births 1960-01-01 65.8 1961-01-01 64.0 1962-01-01 62.3 1963-01-01 60.6 1964-01-01 59.1 1965-01-01 57.6 1966-01-01 56.2 1967-01-01 54.8 1968-01-01 53.4 1969-01-01 51.8 1970-01-01 50.1 1971-01-01 48.1 1972-01-01 46.0 1973-01-01 44.0 1974-01-01 42.1 1975-01-01 40.5 1976-01-01 39.0 1977-01-01 37.8 1978-01-01 36.8 1979-01-01 35.9 1980-01-01 34.9 1981-01-01 33.8 1982-01-01 32.8 1983-01-01 31.7 1984-01-01 30.6 1985-01-01 29.6 1986-01-01 28.7 1987-01-01 27.8 1988-01-01 27.0 1989-01-01 26.2 1990-01-01 25.6 1991-01-01 25.0 1992-01-01 24.5 1993-01-01 24.1 1994-01-01 23.8 1995-01-01 23.5 1996-01-01 23.3 1997-01-01 23 1998-01-01 22.7 1999-01-01 22.4 2000-01-01 22.0 2001-01-01 21.6 2002-01-01 21.1 2003-01-01 20.6 2004-01-01 20.1 2005-01-01 19.6 2006-01-01 19.2 2007-01-01 18.7 2008-01-01 18.2 2009-01-01 17.7 2010-01-01 17.2 2011-01-01 16.7 2012-01-01 16.2 2013-01-01 15.7 2014-01-01 15.3 2015-01-01 14.8 2016-01-01 14.3 2017-01-01 13.9