Year per 1,000 live births 1960 268.3 1961 262.6 1962 257.6 1963 253.3 1964 248.8 1965 243.5 1966 236.9 1967 229.1 1968 220.5 1969 211.9 1970 204 1971 196.8 1972 190.9 1973 186.7 1974 183.7 1975 182 1976 180.6 1977 179.1 1978 176.7 1979 173.6 1980 169.4 1981 164.4 1982 158.6 1983 152.5 1984 146.3 1985 140.3 1986 135.3 1987 131.5 1988 129.1 1989 128 1990 128.5 1991 129.7 1992 131.9 1993 134.1 1994 136.2 1995 137.9 1996 139 1997 139.4 1998 139 1999 137.7 2000 135.6 2001 132.8 2002 129.5 2003 126.1 2004 122.7 2005 119.5 2006 116.2 2007 113.1 2008 109.7 2009 106.5 2010 102.4 2011 98.5 2012 94.4 2013 90.2 2014 86.3 2015 82.4 2016 79.2 2017 76.2 2018 73.4 2019 71.1 2020 68.7 2021 66.4 2022 64.1