Year per 1,000 live births 1960 262.5 1961 256.1 1962 250.2 1963 245 1964 240.4 1965 236.5 1966 233.3 1967 230.9 1968 229.3 1969 228.4 1970 271.9 1971 367.2 1972 227.5 1973 226.9 1974 225.9 1975 224.1 1976 221.6 1977 218.4 1978 214.6 1979 210.3 1980 205.5 1981 200.5 1982 195.2 1983 189.6 1984 183.8 1985 177.7 1986 171.4 1987 165 1988 158.6 1989 152.3 1990 146 1991 139.7 1992 133.4 1993 127.1 1994 120.9 1995 114.7 1996 108.6 1997 102.6 1998 96.8 1999 91.2 2000 86 2001 81 2002 76.4 2003 72.1 2004 68.2 2005 64.5 2006 61 2007 57.7 2008 54.6 2009 51.7 2010 49.1 2011 46.7 2012 44.5 2013 42.4 2014 40.4 2015 38.5 2016 36.8 2017 35.1 2018 33.6 2019 32.2 2020 31 2021 29.8 2022 28.8