Year Number per 1,000 Live Births 1960-01-01 142.7 1961-01-01 141.2 1962-01-01 139.5 1963-01-01 137.5 1964-01-01 135.1 1965-01-01 132.5 1966-01-01 130.0 1967-01-01 127.5 1968-01-01 125.2 1969-01-01 123.0 1970-01-01 120.4 1971-01-01 117.6 1972-01-01 114.2 1973-01-01 110.3 1974-01-01 106.0 1975-01-01 101.5 1976-01-01 97.3 1977-01-01 93.4 1978-01-01 89.8 1979-01-01 86.3 1980-01-01 82.7 1981-01-01 79.0 1982-01-01 75.1 1983-01-01 71.0 1984-01-01 66.8 1985-01-01 62.9 1986-01-01 59.4 1987-01-01 56.4 1988-01-01 54.2 1989-01-01 52.7 1990-01-01 52.0 1991-01-01 52.4 1992-01-01 53.8 1993-01-01 56.4 1994-01-01 60.0 1995-01-01 64.1 1996-01-01 68.2 1997-01-01 72.0 1998-01-01 75.4 1999-01-01 78.2 2000-01-01 80.3 2001-01-01 81.9 2002-01-01 82.7 2003-01-01 82.8 2004-01-01 81.7 2005-01-01 80.0 2006-01-01 72.6 2007-01-01 70.6 2008-01-01 69.0 2009-01-01 64.6 2010-01-01 60.6 2011-01-01 56.4 2012-01-01 51.3 2013-01-01 48.7 2014-01-01 46.5 2015-01-01 42.5 2016-01-01 41.2 2017-01-01 40.8