Year per 1,000 live births 1960 256 1961 249.9 1962 244.3 1963 239.2 1964 234.7 1965 231.1 1966 228.1 1967 225.9 1968 224.4 1969 223.8 1970 267.5 1971 363 1972 223.5 1973 223.3 1974 222.5 1975 221 1976 219 1977 216.3 1978 212.8 1979 208.8 1980 204 1981 199 1982 193.6 1983 188 1984 181.9 1985 175.4 1986 168.6 1987 161.8 1988 155.3 1989 148.8 1990 142.4 1991 136 1992 129.7 1993 123.4 1994 117.2 1995 110.8 1996 104.6 1997 98.7 1998 92.9 1999 87.4 2000 82.2 2001 77.4 2002 72.8 2003 68.6 2004 64.6 2005 60.9 2006 57.4 2007 54.3 2008 51.2 2009 48.5 2010 46.2 2011 43.9 2012 41.8 2013 39.9 2014 38 2015 36.2 2016 34.5 2017 32.9 2018 31.5 2019 30.2 2020 28.9 2021 27.8 2022 26.8