Year per 1,000 live births 1960 321.8 1961 312 1962 302.2 1963 292.6 1964 283.7 1965 275.8 1966 268.9 1967 263.5 1968 259.1 1969 255.5 1970 252.3 1971 248.8 1972 244.3 1973 238.4 1974 230.8 1975 221.4 1976 211.6 1977 201.1 1978 190.8 1979 180.8 1980 170.7 1981 160.7 1982 150.7 1983 140.3 1984 129.8 1985 119.6 1986 110.5 1987 102.7 1988 96.1 1989 90.6 1990 86 1991 81.8 1992 77.6 1993 73.1 1994 68.4 1995 63.8 1996 59.3 1997 55.1 1998 51.4 1999 47.9 2000 44.8 2001 42.1 2002 39.7 2003 37.6 2004 35.7 2005 34.1 2006 32.5 2007 31.1 2008 29.6 2009 28.3 2010 27 2011 25.9 2012 24.7 2013 23.6 2014 22.7 2015 21.8 2016 20.9 2017 20.2 2018 19.5 2019 18.8 2020 18.1 2021 17.4 2022 16.8