Year per 1,000 live births 1960 218.4 1961 215 1962 211.6 1963 207.8 1964 203.8 1965 199.7 1966 195.5 1967 191.4 1968 187.3 1969 182.8 1970 178.4 1971 173.5 1972 168 1973 162.3 1974 156.2 1975 150 1976 144 1977 137.9 1978 132.2 1979 126.5 1980 121.1 1981 115.4 1982 109.7 1983 114.8 1984 98.5 1985 93.3 1986 88.4 1987 84.1 1988 80.3 1989 77.3 1990 75.3 1991 74.6 1992 75.8 1993 79 1994 84.4 1995 92.1 1996 99.3 1997 106 1998 112 1999 116.6 2000 120.6 2001 123.5 2002 125 2003 126 2004 126.3 2005 126.1 2006 115.9 2007 111.2 2008 109.7 2009 103.9 2010 93.8 2011 81.5 2012 75.3 2013 72.6 2014 72.7 2015 68.7 2016 65.9 2017 67.2 2018 63.2 2019 60.4 2020 59.8 2021 56.2 2022 54.5