Year per 1,000 live births 1960 373 1961 366 1962 359.2 1963 352.2 1964 345.2 1965 338.7 1966 332 1967 325.6 1968 319.2 1969 312.9 1970 306.3 1971 299.9 1972 293.2 1973 286.3 1974 279.3 1975 272.6 1976 266 1977 259.4 1978 252.9 1979 246.6 1980 240.4 1981 233.8 1982 227.1 1983 220.5 1984 213.8 1985 207.2 1986 200.4 1987 194 1988 187.8 1989 181.8 1990 175.8 1991 169.9 1992 163.8 1993 157.9 1994 151.9 1995 146.3 1996 140.8 1997 135.4 1998 130.2 1999 125.2 2000 120.2 2001 115.4 2002 110.7 2003 106.3 2004 101.9 2005 97.7 2006 93.6 2007 89.7 2008 86 2009 82.4 2010 79.1 2011 76 2012 72.9 2013 70 2014 67.3 2015 64.7 2016 62.2 2017 59.9 2018 57.6 2019 55.6 2020 53.6 2021 51.8 2022 50.1