Year per 1,000 live births 1960 208.8 1961 205.6 1962 202.2 1963 198.4 1964 194.5 1965 190.6 1966 186.6 1967 182.6 1968 178.4 1969 174.1 1970 169.6 1971 164.7 1972 159.5 1973 153.8 1974 147.8 1975 141.8 1976 135.8 1977 129.9 1978 124.2 1979 118.9 1980 113.4 1981 108 1982 102.6 1983 107.7 1984 91.7 1985 86.6 1986 81.8 1987 77.7 1988 74 1989 71.1 1990 69.1 1991 68.5 1992 69.7 1993 72.8 1994 77.9 1995 85.4 1996 92.5 1997 99.1 1998 105.1 1999 109.9 2000 114.1 2001 117.1 2002 118.6 2003 119.8 2004 120.1 2005 119.9 2006 110.3 2007 105.6 2008 103.9 2009 98.3 2010 88.2 2011 76.1 2012 69.9 2013 67.2 2014 67.2 2015 63.5 2016 60.6 2017 62.1 2018 58.4 2019 55.6 2020 55 2021 51.6 2022 50