Year per 1,000 live births 1960 274.1 1961 271.4 1962 268.4 1963 265.3 1964 262 1965 258.6 1966 254.6 1967 250.5 1968 246.1 1969 241.5 1970 236.8 1971 232 1972 227 1973 222.1 1974 217 1975 211.9 1976 206.8 1977 201.8 1978 197 1979 192.2 1980 187.5 1981 183.2 1982 179.1 1983 175.1 1984 171.5 1985 168.2 1986 165.3 1987 162.7 1988 160.2 1989 158 1990 156 1991 154 1992 152 1993 150 1994 147.7 1995 145.1 1996 142.2 1997 138.9 1998 135.3 1999 131.8 2000 128.1 2001 124.4 2002 120.6 2003 117 2004 113.4 2005 110.1 2006 106.8 2007 103.8 2008 100.7 2009 97.7 2010 94.8 2011 92 2012 89.2 2013 86.4 2014 83.8 2015 81.2 2016 78.7 2017 76.3 2018 73.9 2019 71.6 2020 69.3 2021 67.2 2022 65.1