Year per 1,000 live births 1964 193.9 1965 189.7 1966 185.6 1967 181.5 1968 177.2 1969 172.9 1970 168.4 1971 163.6 1972 158.6 1973 153.6 1974 148.6 1975 143.9 1976 139.3 1977 135.1 1978 131.5 1979 128.6 1980 126.3 1981 124.5 1982 123.4 1983 122.9 1984 122.9 1985 123.2 1986 123.7 1987 124.1 1988 124.4 1989 124.5 1990 124.4 1991 124.1 1992 123.6 1993 123.1 1994 122.3 1995 121.2 1996 119.7 1997 117.7 1998 115.3 1999 112.6 2000 109.6 2001 106.6 2002 103.6 2003 100.6 2004 97.6 2005 94.7 2006 92.1 2007 89.6 2008 87.5 2009 85.7 2010 84.2 2011 82.9 2012 81.8 2013 80.8 2014 80 2015 79.2 2016 78.2 2017 77 2018 75.7 2019 74 2020 72.3 2021 70.5 2022 68.5