Year per 1,000 live births 1960 361.1 1961 353.9 1962 347.1 1963 340.4 1964 333.8 1965 327.1 1966 320.6 1967 314.2 1968 307.8 1969 301.5 1970 294.9 1971 288.4 1972 281.9 1973 275.3 1974 268.5 1975 261.7 1976 255.1 1977 248.7 1978 242.3 1979 235.9 1980 229.8 1981 223.4 1982 217 1983 210.4 1984 203.7 1985 197.1 1986 190.5 1987 184.1 1988 178 1989 172 1990 166.3 1991 160.6 1992 154.9 1993 149.3 1994 143.8 1995 138.4 1996 133.1 1997 127.8 1998 122.8 1999 117.9 2000 113.1 2001 108.5 2002 104 2003 99.6 2004 95.3 2005 91.2 2006 87.3 2007 83.5 2008 80 2009 76.5 2010 73.3 2011 70.2 2012 67.4 2013 64.6 2014 62 2015 59.5 2016 57.1 2017 54.8 2018 52.7 2019 50.7 2020 48.9 2021 47.2 2022 45.6