Year Number per 1,000 Live Births 1960-01-01 101.4 1961-01-01 98.2 1962-01-01 95.0 1963-01-01 91.8 1964-01-01 88.8 1965-01-01 85.8 1966-01-01 82.8 1967-01-01 79.9 1968-01-01 77.0 1969-01-01 74.0 1970-01-01 71.0 1971-01-01 68.2 1972-01-01 65.3 1973-01-01 62.6 1974-01-01 60.0 1975-01-01 57.5 1976-01-01 55.1 1977-01-01 52.9 1978-01-01 50.8 1979-01-01 48.8 1980-01-01 46.8 1981-01-01 44.9 1982-01-01 43.1 1983-01-01 41.3 1984-01-01 39.6 1985-01-01 38.0 1986-01-01 36.4 1987-01-01 34.8 1988-01-01 33.2 1989-01-01 31.7 1990-01-01 30.2 1991-01-01 28.7 1992-01-01 27.4 1993-01-01 26.0 1994-01-01 24.8 1995-01-01 23.6 1996-01-01 22.5 1997-01-01 21.5 1998-01-01 20.5 1999-01-01 19.5 2000-01-01 18.6 2001-01-01 17.7 2002-01-01 16.9 2003-01-01 16.1 2004-01-01 15.3 2005-01-01 14.6 2006-01-01 13.9 2007-01-01 13.2 2008-01-01 12.6 2009-01-01 12.0 2010-01-01 11.4 2011-01-01 10.9 2012-01-01 10.4 2013-01-01 9.9 2014-01-01 9.4 2015-01-01 9.0 2016-01-01 8.5 2017-01-01 8.2