Year Number per 1,000 Live Births 1960-01-01 66.1 1961-01-01 64.3 1962-01-01 62.8 1963-01-01 61.5 1964-01-01 60.3 1965-01-01 59.2 1966-01-01 58.2 1967-01-01 57.3 1968-01-01 56.5 1969-01-01 55.8 1970-01-01 55.2 1971-01-01 54.9 1972-01-01 54.6 1973-01-01 54.5 1974-01-01 54.5 1975-01-01 54.4 1976-01-01 54.4 1977-01-01 54.2 1978-01-01 54.0 1979-01-01 53.6 1980-01-01 53.2 1981-01-01 52.6 1982-01-01 52.0 1983-01-01 51.4 1984-01-01 50.5 1985-01-01 49.4 1986-01-01 48.0 1987-01-01 46.3 1988-01-01 44.4 1989-01-01 42.5 1990-01-01 40.5 1991-01-01 38.6 1992-01-01 37.0 1993-01-01 35.5 1994-01-01 34.3 1995-01-01 33.2 1996-01-01 32.2 1997-01-01 31.4 1998-01-01 30.7 1999-01-01 30.0 2000-01-01 29.4 2001-01-01 28.8 2002-01-01 28.2 2003-01-01 27.6 2004-01-01 27.0 2005-01-01 26.5 2006-01-01 26.1 2007-01-01 25.6 2008-01-01 25.2 2009-01-01 24.9 2010-01-01 24.5 2011-01-01 24.2 2012-01-01 23.9 2013-01-01 23.6 2014-01-01 23.3 2015-01-01 23.0 2016-01-01 22.7 2017-01-01 22.2