Year Number per 1,000 Live Births 1960-01-01 133.9 1961-01-01 129.9 1962-01-01 126.0 1963-01-01 122.1 1964-01-01 118.4 1965-01-01 114.9 1966-01-01 111.5 1967-01-01 108.2 1968-01-01 104.9 1969-01-01 101.7 1970-01-01 98.6 1971-01-01 95.7 1972-01-01 92.9 1973-01-01 90.2 1974-01-01 87.7 1975-01-01 85.3 1976-01-01 83.0 1977-01-01 81.0 1978-01-01 79.0 1979-01-01 77.2 1980-01-01 75.6 1981-01-01 74.0 1982-01-01 72.5 1983-01-01 71.2 1984-01-01 69.9 1985-01-01 68.7 1986-01-01 67.7 1987-01-01 66.8 1988-01-01 65.9 1989-01-01 65.0 1990-01-01 64.1 1991-01-01 63.2 1992-01-01 62.5 1993-01-01 61.7 1994-01-01 61.0 1995-01-01 60.3 1996-01-01 59.7 1997-01-01 59.2 1998-01-01 58.7 1999-01-01 58.3 2000-01-01 57.8 2001-01-01 57.4 2002-01-01 56.9 2003-01-01 56.5 2004-01-01 56.1 2005-01-01 55.5 2006-01-01 54.8 2007-01-01 54.0 2008-01-01 52.9 2009-01-01 51.8 2010-01-01 50.6 2011-01-01 49.4 2012-01-01 48.3 2013-01-01 46.9 2014-01-01 45.7 2015-01-01 44.4 2016-01-01 43.1 2017-01-01 41.8