Year per 1,000 live births 1966 291.7 1967 262 1968 261.9 1969 261.4 1970 261.2 1971 261 1972 260.9 1973 260.7 1974 260.5 1975 260.4 1976 260.2 1977 259.6 1978 258.9 1979 257.7 1980 256 1981 253.4 1982 250.3 1983 246.3 1984 241.7 1985 237 1986 232.5 1987 228 1988 224 1989 219.7 1990 215.1 1991 209.9 1992 204.4 1993 198.2 1994 191.6 1995 184.9 1996 177.9 1997 171.1 1998 164.6 1999 158.3 2000 152 2001 145.6 2002 139 2003 132.5 2004 125.8 2005 119.2 2006 112.9 2007 106.8 2008 101.1 2009 95.8 2010 90.8 2011 86.2 2012 81.7 2013 77.6 2014 73.7 2015 70 2016 66.5 2017 63.4 2018 60.6 2019 58.1 2020 55.8 2021 53.7 2022 51.7