Year per 1,000 live births 1965 372.7 1966 370.6 1967 368.8 1968 366.5 1969 363.9 1970 359.9 1971 354.4 1972 346.9 1973 338.3 1974 329.1 1975 319.8 1976 310.2 1977 299.8 1978 288.5 1979 277.1 1980 268.1 1981 260.9 1982 256.8 1983 256.5 1984 259 1985 262.7 1986 266 1987 267.3 1988 265.3 1989 260.6 1990 254 1991 246.5 1992 238.2 1993 229.2 1994 221.7 1995 216.4 1996 211.6 1997 206.8 1998 201.3 1999 193.4 2000 182.8 2001 169.4 2002 154.8 2003 140.3 2004 127.7 2005 118.1 2006 111.5 2007 106.8 2008 100.8 2009 95.3 2010 89.9 2011 83.3 2012 76.8 2013 70.3 2014 65.4 2015 61.9 2016 58.5 2017 55.5 2018 52.6 2019 50.1 2020 47.7 2021 46 2022 44.4