Year per 1,000 live births 1964 180 1965 176 1966 172.1 1967 168.3 1968 164.3 1969 160.2 1970 156 1971 151.5 1972 146.9 1973 142.3 1974 137.6 1975 132.9 1976 128.7 1977 124.7 1978 121.4 1979 118.6 1980 116.4 1981 114.7 1982 113.7 1983 113.1 1984 112.9 1985 113 1986 113.4 1987 113.7 1988 113.9 1989 113.8 1990 113.4 1991 113.2 1992 113 1993 112.7 1994 112.1 1995 111.2 1996 109.9 1997 108.2 1998 105.6 1999 103.2 2000 100.8 2001 97.8 2002 94.8 2003 91.7 2004 88.6 2005 85.8 2006 83.2 2007 81.2 2008 79.3 2009 77.8 2010 76.4 2011 75.2 2012 74.3 2013 73.4 2014 72.7 2015 72.1 2016 71.3 2017 70.2 2018 68.9 2019 67.3 2020 65.7 2021 63.9 2022 62.1