Year Number per 1,000 Live Births 1960-01-01 116.4 1961-01-01 111.3 1962-01-01 106.4 1963-01-01 101.8 1964-01-01 97.5 1965-01-01 93.2 1966-01-01 89.2 1967-01-01 85.2 1968-01-01 81.4 1969-01-01 77.6 1970-01-01 74.1 1971-01-01 70.6 1972-01-01 67.4 1973-01-01 64.4 1974-01-01 61.5 1975-01-01 58.8 1976-01-01 56.2 1977-01-01 53.7 1978-01-01 51.3 1979-01-01 49.1 1980-01-01 46.9 1981-01-01 44.8 1982-01-01 42.8 1983-01-01 40.9 1984-01-01 39.1 1985-01-01 37.4 1986-01-01 35.9 1987-01-01 34.4 1988-01-01 33.1 1989-01-01 31.7 1990-01-01 30.5 1991-01-01 29.3 1992-01-01 28.1 1993-01-01 26.9 1994-01-01 25.8 1995-01-01 24.7 1996-01-01 23.6 1997-01-01 22.6 1998-01-01 21.7 1999-01-01 20.7 2000-01-01 19.9 2001-01-01 19.0 2002-01-01 18.2 2003-01-01 17.5 2004-01-01 16.8 2005-01-01 16.1 2006-01-01 15.4 2007-01-01 14.8 2008-01-01 14.3 2009-01-01 13.9 2010-01-01 13.8 2011-01-01 13.8 2012-01-01 14.1 2013-01-01 14.1 2014-01-01 14.0 2015-01-01 14.0 2016-01-01 14.1 2017-01-01 14.0