Year per 1,000 live births 1961 364.1 1962 362.1 1963 360.2 1964 358.4 1965 356.7 1966 354.3 1967 352.2 1968 350.3 1969 348 1970 344.2 1971 338.7 1972 331.7 1973 323.7 1974 315.1 1975 306.1 1976 296.8 1977 286.8 1978 276 1979 265 1980 256.4 1981 249.2 1982 245.2 1983 244.9 1984 247.5 1985 251.1 1986 254.1 1987 255.4 1988 253.5 1989 249 1990 243 1991 236 1992 228.2 1993 219.9 1994 212.7 1995 207.7 1996 202.7 1997 197.8 1998 191.8 1999 184 2000 173.4 2001 160.1 2002 145.7 2003 131.8 2004 119.6 2005 110.3 2006 103.8 2007 99.1 2008 93.4 2009 88.1 2010 82.9 2011 76.7 2012 70.4 2013 64.3 2014 59.6 2015 56.4 2016 53.2 2017 50.4 2018 47.6 2019 45.4 2020 43.2 2021 41.4 2022 40.1