Year per 1,000 live births 1960 318.8 1961 310.8 1962 302.9 1963 295.2 1964 287.7 1965 280.3 1966 273 1967 265.8 1968 258.8 1969 251.7 1970 244.6 1971 237 1972 229.1 1973 220.7 1974 212.1 1975 203.4 1976 195 1977 187.2 1978 180.2 1979 174.1 1980 169.1 1981 164.9 1982 161.3 1983 158.5 1984 156.2 1985 154.5 1986 153.3 1987 152.6 1988 152.4 1989 152.8 1990 153.1 1991 153.4 1992 153.6 1993 153.6 1994 153.2 1995 152.4 1996 151.1 1997 149.3 1998 146.9 1999 144.1 2000 140.9 2001 137.4 2002 133.7 2003 130 2004 126.1 2005 122.1 2006 118.2 2007 114.4 2008 110.3 2009 106.1 2010 102.5 2011 99.2 2012 96.1 2013 92.8 2014 89.4 2015 86.3 2016 83.8 2017 81.5 2018 78.9 2019 76.1 2020 73.8 2021 71.5 2022 69.4