Year per 1,000 live births 1960 268.5 1961 262 1962 255.9 1963 250.4 1964 245.6 1965 241.4 1966 238.2 1967 235.7 1968 233.9 1969 232.8 1970 276 1971 371 1972 231.1 1973 230.4 1974 228.9 1975 226.9 1976 224.1 1977 220.4 1978 216.3 1979 211.7 1980 206.8 1981 201.7 1982 196.5 1983 191.1 1984 185.6 1985 179.9 1986 174.2 1987 168.1 1988 161.8 1989 155.6 1990 149.4 1991 143.2 1992 136.9 1993 130.7 1994 124.4 1995 118.4 1996 112.5 1997 106.4 1998 100.5 1999 94.9 2000 89.5 2001 84.5 2002 79.9 2003 75.6 2004 71.6 2005 67.9 2006 64.3 2007 60.9 2008 57.8 2009 54.8 2010 52 2011 49.4 2012 47 2013 44.7 2014 42.7 2015 40.8 2016 38.9 2017 37.2 2018 35.6 2019 34.2 2020 32.9 2021 31.7 2022 30.6