Year per 1,000 live births 1960 188 1961 183.4 1962 179.1 1963 175.4 1964 172.1 1965 169.4 1966 167.1 1967 165.5 1968 164.3 1969 163.7 1970 179.9 1971 220.2 1972 162.6 1973 162.2 1974 161.4 1975 160.1 1976 158 1977 155.7 1978 152.8 1979 149.7 1980 146.4 1981 143 1982 139.6 1983 135.9 1984 132.4 1985 128.7 1986 125.1 1987 121.1 1988 116.8 1989 112.7 1990 108.5 1991 104.2 1992 99.8 1993 95.6 1994 91.3 1995 87.2 1996 83.2 1997 79 1998 74.9 1999 71.1 2000 67.4 2001 63.9 2002 60.8 2003 57.9 2004 55.2 2005 52.8 2006 50.3 2007 47.9 2008 45.7 2009 43.5 2010 41.5 2011 39.6 2012 37.8 2013 36.2 2014 34.6 2015 33.2 2016 31.8 2017 30.5 2018 29.3 2019 28.2 2020 27.2 2021 26.3 2022 25.5