Year Number per 1,000 Live Births 1960-01-01 159.6 1961-01-01 156.8 1962-01-01 154.0 1963-01-01 151.3 1964-01-01 148.6 1965-01-01 145.9 1966-01-01 143.1 1967-01-01 140.3 1968-01-01 137.6 1969-01-01 134.7 1970-01-01 131.8 1971-01-01 129.2 1972-01-01 126.5 1973-01-01 123.8 1974-01-01 121.2 1975-01-01 118.7 1976-01-01 116.2 1977-01-01 113.7 1978-01-01 111.3 1979-01-01 109.0 1980-01-01 106.8 1981-01-01 104.6 1982-01-01 102.6 1983-01-01 100.6 1984-01-01 98.8 1985-01-01 97.0 1986-01-01 95.4 1987-01-01 93.9 1988-01-01 92.5 1989-01-01 91.3 1990-01-01 90.1 1991-01-01 89.0 1992-01-01 87.9 1993-01-01 86.8 1994-01-01 85.6 1995-01-01 84.3 1996-01-01 82.8 1997-01-01 81.3 1998-01-01 79.6 1999-01-01 77.9 2000-01-01 76.1 2001-01-01 74.2 2002-01-01 72.4 2003-01-01 70.6 2004-01-01 68.8 2005-01-01 67.1 2006-01-01 65.4 2007-01-01 63.8 2008-01-01 62.2 2009-01-01 60.6 2010-01-01 59 2011-01-01 57.6 2012-01-01 56.1 2013-01-01 54.7 2014-01-01 53.3 2015-01-01 51.9 2016-01-01 50.5 2017-01-01 49.2