Year Number per 1,000 Live Births 1960-01-01 106.1 1961-01-01 104.7 1962-01-01 103.2 1963-01-01 101.8 1964-01-01 100.6 1965-01-01 99.3 1966-01-01 98.3 1967-01-01 97.4 1968-01-01 96.5 1969-01-01 95.8 1970-01-01 95.3 1971-01-01 94.8 1972-01-01 94.3 1973-01-01 93.9 1974-01-01 93.4 1975-01-01 92.8 1976-01-01 92.2 1977-01-01 91.6 1978-01-01 91.1 1979-01-01 90.5 1980-01-01 90.0 1981-01-01 89.5 1982-01-01 89.0 1983-01-01 88.5 1984-01-01 87.9 1985-01-01 87.2 1986-01-01 86.4 1987-01-01 85.4 1988-01-01 84.4 1989-01-01 83.3 1990-01-01 82.1 1991-01-01 80.9 1992-01-01 79.7 1993-01-01 78.4 1994-01-01 77 1995-01-01 75.6 1996-01-01 74.1 1997-01-01 72.5 1998-01-01 70.9 1999-01-01 69.1 2000-01-01 67.2 2001-01-01 65.3 2002-01-01 63.4 2003-01-01 61.6 2004-01-01 59.8 2005-01-01 58.2 2006-01-01 56.6 2007-01-01 55.1 2008-01-01 53.8 2009-01-01 52.5 2010-01-01 51.4 2011-01-01 50.2 2012-01-01 49.2 2013-01-01 48.1 2014-01-01 47.0 2015-01-01 45.9 2016-01-01 44.8 2017-01-01 43.7