Year per 1,000 live births 1960 330.5 1961 326.7 1962 323.1 1963 319.7 1964 316.9 1965 313.9 1966 311.3 1967 308.9 1968 306.7 1969 304.4 1970 301.7 1971 298.5 1972 293.9 1973 287.5 1974 279.9 1975 270.7 1976 261 1977 251.5 1978 242.8 1979 235.2 1980 228.7 1981 223.3 1982 218.6 1983 214.2 1984 210.2 1985 205.7 1986 201.2 1987 196.9 1988 193.5 1989 191.3 1990 190.1 1991 189.8 1992 189.8 1993 189.9 1994 189.3 1995 188 1996 185.4 1997 182.4 1998 178.9 1999 175.3 2000 171.5 2001 167.4 2002 162.8 2003 157.8 2004 152.3 2005 146 2006 139.6 2007 133.3 2008 127.1 2009 121.3 2010 116 2011 111.1 2012 106.7 2013 102.5 2014 98.8 2015 95.2 2016 91.8 2017 88.5 2018 85.3 2019 82.3 2020 79.3 2021 76.6 2022 73.9