Year per 1,000 live births 1960 197.5 1961 195.4 1962 193.5 1963 191.4 1964 189.1 1965 186.6 1966 184 1967 181.2 1968 178 1969 174.5 1970 170.7 1971 166.4 1972 187.2 1973 156.3 1974 150.2 1975 143.7 1976 136.7 1977 129.4 1978 122 1979 114.9 1980 108 1981 101.6 1982 95.8 1983 90.7 1984 86.2 1985 82.2 1986 78.7 1987 75.5 1988 72.5 1989 69.6 1990 66.6 1991 63.5 1992 60.3 1993 57.1 1994 54.1 1995 51.1 1996 48.2 1997 45.5 1998 50.2 1999 40.5 2000 38.3 2001 36.2 2002 34.4 2003 32.6 2004 31 2005 29.5 2006 28.1 2007 26.9 2008 25.7 2009 24.6 2010 23.5 2011 22.6 2012 21.7 2013 20.8 2014 20.1 2015 19.3 2016 18.6 2017 18 2018 17.4 2019 16.8 2020 16.3 2021 15.7 2022 15.2