Year per 1,000 live births 1960 279.5 1961 273.4 1962 268 1963 263.5 1964 258.8 1965 253.2 1966 246.4 1967 238.6 1968 229.8 1969 221.1 1970 212.8 1971 205.5 1972 199.7 1973 195.7 1974 192.9 1975 191.2 1976 190 1977 188.5 1978 186.5 1979 183.3 1980 179 1981 173.8 1982 167.7 1983 161.3 1984 155 1985 149 1986 143.9 1987 140 1988 137.5 1989 136.4 1990 136.7 1991 138.1 1992 140.3 1993 142.8 1994 145.3 1995 147.1 1996 148.3 1997 148.7 1998 148.3 1999 146.9 2000 144.6 2001 141.7 2002 138.3 2003 134.7 2004 131.3 2005 128.1 2006 124.8 2007 121.5 2008 118.1 2009 114.8 2010 110.5 2011 106.3 2012 102 2013 97.5 2014 93.4 2015 89.3 2016 85.9 2017 82.7 2018 79.8 2019 77.3 2020 74.9 2021 72.2 2022 69.8