Year per 1,000 live births 1964 240.4 1965 242.6 1966 244.4 1967 246.3 1968 248.3 1969 249.7 1970 250.7 1971 251.1 1972 318.4 1973 251.5 1974 251.4 1975 250.7 1976 249.2 1977 245.7 1978 240.3 1979 232.8 1980 223.7 1981 213.3 1982 202.5 1983 191.9 1984 182.7 1985 175.7 1986 170.9 1987 168.3 1988 167.9 1989 168.5 1990 169.8 1991 171.3 1992 172.4 1993 195.6 1994 172.7 1995 171.5 1996 169.7 1997 166.7 1998 163.1 1999 158.8 2000 153.9 2001 148.8 2002 143.4 2003 137.5 2004 131.1 2005 124.3 2006 117.1 2007 109.8 2008 103 2009 96.6 2010 90.7 2011 85.1 2012 80 2013 75.3 2014 71 2015 67.3 2016 64 2017 61.1 2018 58.6 2019 56.3 2020 54.2 2021 52.3 2022 50.5