Year per 1,000 live births 1960 277.9 1961 271.7 1962 265.5 1963 259.4 1964 253.3 1965 247.3 1966 241.3 1967 235.2 1968 229 1969 222.9 1970 216.8 1971 210.8 1972 204.9 1973 198.8 1974 192.7 1975 186.7 1976 180.8 1977 175.2 1978 169.8 1979 164.7 1980 160 1981 155.7 1982 151.8 1983 147.8 1984 143.7 1985 139.4 1986 134.6 1987 129.7 1988 124.9 1989 120.1 1990 115.4 1991 110.8 1992 106.4 1993 102 1994 97.7 1995 93.4 1996 88.9 1997 84.5 1998 80 1999 75.6 2000 71.3 2001 67.1 2002 63.1 2003 59.2 2004 55.7 2005 52.3 2006 49.2 2007 46.2 2008 43.5 2009 40.9 2010 38.5 2011 36.3 2012 34.2 2013 32.2 2014 30.5 2015 28.9 2016 27.5 2017 26.3 2018 25.1 2019 24.1 2020 23.2 2021 22.3 2022 21.5