Year per 1,000 live births 1960 170 1961 167.3 1962 164.7 1963 162.2 1964 159.9 1965 157.7 1966 155.8 1967 154.2 1968 152.8 1969 151.6 1970 150.6 1971 149.6 1972 148.7 1973 147.8 1974 146.8 1975 145.7 1976 144.4 1977 143.3 1978 142.2 1979 141 1980 139.7 1981 138.4 1982 137.2 1983 173.9 1984 171.8 1985 169.7 1986 131.5 1987 129.7 1988 127.7 1989 125.7 1990 123.6 1991 121.4 1992 119.1 1993 116.5 1994 114 1995 111.3 1996 108.4 1997 105.4 1998 102.4 1999 99.3 2000 95.9 2001 92.6 2002 89.3 2003 86.3 2004 83.2 2005 80.4 2006 77.7 2007 75.1 2008 72.7 2009 70.5 2010 68.4 2011 66.3 2012 64.5 2013 62.7 2014 60.9 2015 59 2016 57.1 2017 55.4 2018 53.7 2019 52 2020 50.2 2021 48.4 2022 46.7