Year per 1,000 live births 1960 223.2 1961 216.4 1962 209.9 1963 203.7 1964 197.6 1965 191.4 1966 185.7 1967 180.1 1968 174.5 1969 169.2 1970 164.1 1971 159 1972 154.2 1973 149.4 1974 144.7 1975 140.3 1976 135.9 1977 131.6 1978 127.4 1979 123.3 1980 119.4 1981 115.7 1982 112.1 1983 108.7 1984 105.6 1985 102.7 1986 100.1 1987 97.8 1988 95.7 1989 93.9 1990 92.4 1991 91.1 1992 90.1 1993 89.3 1994 88.8 1995 88.4 1996 88 1997 87.5 1998 86.8 1999 85.8 2000 84.4 2001 82.6 2002 80.7 2003 78.6 2004 76.4 2005 74.2 2006 72.1 2007 69.6 2008 67.1 2009 64.6 2010 61.9 2011 59.4 2012 56.9 2013 54.5 2014 52.4 2015 50.6 2016 48.6 2017 46.8 2018 45.2 2019 43.3 2020 41.1 2021 39.9 2022 38.8