Year per 1,000 live births 1960 303.8 1961 297.6 1962 291.3 1963 285 1964 278.8 1965 272.5 1966 266.2 1967 259.8 1968 253.5 1969 247.2 1970 240.9 1971 234.3 1972 227.6 1973 220.9 1974 214 1975 207.3 1976 200.7 1977 194.2 1978 188.2 1979 182.6 1980 177.3 1981 172.4 1982 167.4 1983 162.5 1984 157.5 1985 152.6 1986 147.8 1987 142.8 1988 137.8 1989 132.8 1990 127.7 1991 122.8 1992 117.9 1993 112.9 1994 108.1 1995 103.3 1996 98.6 1997 93.9 1998 89.2 1999 84.5 2000 80 2001 75.7 2002 71.6 2003 67.7 2004 63.9 2005 60.4 2006 57 2007 53.8 2008 50.8 2009 48 2010 45.4 2011 43 2012 40.6 2013 38.5 2014 36.5 2015 34.7 2016 33.1 2017 31.7 2018 30.5 2019 29.3 2020 28.2 2021 27.2 2022 26.2