Year Number per 1,000 Live Births 1960-01-01 126.1 1961-01-01 120.2 1962-01-01 114.8 1963-01-01 109.8 1964-01-01 104.7 1965-01-01 100.0 1966-01-01 95.1 1967-01-01 90.1 1968-01-01 85.1 1969-01-01 80.0 1970-01-01 74.9 1971-01-01 70.1 1972-01-01 65.7 1973-01-01 61.6 1974-01-01 57.9 1975-01-01 54.5 1976-01-01 51.4 1977-01-01 48.5 1978-01-01 45.9 1979-01-01 43.6 1980-01-01 41.7 1981-01-01 40.0 1982-01-01 38.6 1983-01-01 37.3 1984-01-01 36.1 1985-01-01 35.1 1986-01-01 34.2 1987-01-01 33.4 1988-01-01 32.6 1989-01-01 31.9 1990-01-01 31.2 1991-01-01 30.5 1992-01-01 29.8 1993-01-01 29.0 1994-01-01 28.3 1995-01-01 27.6 1996-01-01 27.0 1997-01-01 26.5 1998-01-01 26.1 1999-01-01 25.6 2000-01-01 25.2 2001-01-01 24.9 2002-01-01 24.7 2003-01-01 24.4 2004-01-01 24.2 2005-01-01 24.0 2006-01-01 23.7 2007-01-01 23.2 2008-01-01 22.8 2009-01-01 22.2 2010-01-01 21.7 2011-01-01 21.0 2012-01-01 20.4 2013-01-01 19.8 2014-01-01 19.2 2015-01-01 18.7 2016-01-01 18.1 2017-01-01 17.6