Year per 1,000 live births 1960 326.4 1961 322.4 1962 317.8 1963 312.3 1964 306.1 1965 299.3 1966 292.5 1967 285.9 1968 279.1 1969 272.7 1970 266.5 1971 260.6 1972 254.9 1973 249.3 1974 243.8 1975 238.2 1976 232.6 1977 226.7 1978 220.5 1979 214.1 1980 207.5 1981 200.9 1982 194.3 1983 187.7 1984 181 1985 174.2 1986 167.3 1987 160.2 1988 152.9 1989 145.6 1990 138.4 1991 131.3 1992 124.4 1993 117.8 1994 111.5 1995 105.5 1996 99.7 1997 94.1 1998 88.8 1999 83.7 2000 78.9 2001 74.4 2002 70.4 2003 66.6 2004 63.3 2005 60.2 2006 57.5 2007 54.9 2008 52.5 2009 50.3 2010 48.1 2011 46 2012 43.9 2013 41.9 2014 39.9 2015 38 2016 36.2 2017 34.5 2018 32.8 2019 31.3 2020 29.8 2021 28.5 2022 27.3