Year per 1,000 live births 1963 191.4 1964 187.9 1965 184.7 1966 181.6 1967 178.7 1968 175.9 1969 173.2 1970 170.8 1971 168.2 1972 165.5 1973 162.6 1974 159.8 1975 156.6 1976 153.3 1977 149.8 1978 146.3 1979 142.8 1980 139.5 1981 136.2 1982 132.9 1983 129.7 1984 126.5 1985 123.8 1986 121 1987 118 1988 115.2 1989 112.8 1990 110.7 1991 108.9 1992 107.4 1993 105.9 1994 104.6 1995 103.2 1996 101.7 1997 100.2 1998 98.4 1999 96.4 2000 94.2 2001 91.5 2002 89 2003 86.6 2004 84.4 2005 82 2006 79.8 2007 77.7 2008 75.7 2009 73.9 2010 72 2011 70.3 2012 68.6 2013 67 2014 65.5 2015 64.1 2016 62.8 2017 61.6 2018 60.3 2019 58.9 2020 57.4 2021 56.1 2022 54.8