Year Number per 1,000 Live Births 1960-01-01 60.5 1961-01-01 60.0 1962-01-01 59.6 1963-01-01 59.3 1964-01-01 59.1 1965-01-01 58.9 1966-01-01 58.7 1967-01-01 58.5 1968-01-01 58.3 1969-01-01 58.1 1970-01-01 57.8 1971-01-01 57.4 1972-01-01 56.8 1973-01-01 56.3 1974-01-01 55.6 1975-01-01 54.8 1976-01-01 53.9 1977-01-01 53.0 1978-01-01 52 1979-01-01 50.9 1980-01-01 49.7 1981-01-01 48.4 1982-01-01 47.0 1983-01-01 45.6 1984-01-01 44.2 1985-01-01 42.8 1986-01-01 41.4 1987-01-01 40.1 1988-01-01 38.8 1989-01-01 37.5 1990-01-01 36.3 1991-01-01 35.2 1992-01-01 34.0 1993-01-01 33.0 1994-01-01 32.1 1995-01-01 31.2 1996-01-01 30.4 1997-01-01 29.8 1998-01-01 29.2 1999-01-01 28.6 2000-01-01 28.0 2001-01-01 27.4 2002-01-01 26.8 2003-01-01 26.3 2004-01-01 25.7 2005-01-01 25.1 2006-01-01 24.5 2007-01-01 23.9 2008-01-01 23.3 2009-01-01 22.6 2010-01-01 22.0 2011-01-01 21.4 2012-01-01 20.8 2013-01-01 20.2 2014-01-01 19.6 2015-01-01 19.0 2016-01-01 18.4 2017-01-01 17.9