Year per 1,000 live births 1960 163.2 1961 160.8 1962 158.4 1963 156 1964 153.4 1965 150.8 1966 148.3 1967 145.7 1968 143.1 1969 140.6 1970 138.1 1971 135.8 1972 133.7 1973 131.7 1974 129.8 1975 128 1976 126.3 1977 124.7 1978 123.2 1979 121.8 1980 120.6 1981 119.5 1982 118.6 1983 117.8 1984 117.3 1985 116.8 1986 116.4 1987 116.1 1988 115.8 1989 115.5 1990 115.1 1991 114.7 1992 114.3 1993 113.8 1994 113.3 1995 112.7 1996 111.9 1997 111.2 1998 110.3 1999 109.2 2000 108 2001 106.7 2002 105.3 2003 103.6 2004 101.8 2005 100 2006 97.7 2007 95.8 2008 94.1 2009 92.2 2010 90.5 2011 88.8 2012 87.3 2013 86.4 2014 84.8 2015 83.3 2016 82 2017 81.2 2018 79.9 2019 78.3 2020 76.9 2021 75.1 2022 73.5