Year per 1,000 live births 1960 296.7 1961 288.9 1962 281.3 1963 274 1964 266.6 1965 259.9 1966 253.4 1967 246.9 1968 240.2 1969 233.5 1970 227 1971 219.9 1972 212.7 1973 204.9 1974 197 1975 188.9 1976 180.7 1977 173.2 1978 166.5 1979 160.7 1980 155.9 1981 151.8 1982 148.3 1983 145.5 1984 143.1 1985 141.6 1986 140.5 1987 139.8 1988 139.6 1989 139.9 1990 140.2 1991 140.9 1992 141.3 1993 141.4 1994 140.9 1995 140.1 1996 138.8 1997 137 1998 134.6 1999 131.8 2000 128.6 2001 125.3 2002 121.7 2003 118 2004 114.1 2005 110.1 2006 106.4 2007 102.5 2008 98.6 2009 94.7 2010 91.4 2011 88.4 2012 85.7 2013 82.7 2014 79.6 2015 76.8 2016 74.6 2017 72.5 2018 70 2019 67.6 2020 65.4 2021 63.4 2022 61.5