Year per 1,000 live births 1964 325.2 1965 318.5 1966 311.9 1967 305.3 1968 298.4 1969 291.4 1970 284 1971 276.2 1972 268 1973 259.7 1974 251.4 1975 243.4 1976 235.7 1977 228.7 1978 222.5 1979 217.3 1980 213.1 1981 209.9 1982 207.9 1983 207 1984 207 1985 207.5 1986 208.4 1987 209.2 1988 209.7 1989 209.9 1990 209.6 1991 209.1 1992 208.3 1993 207.2 1994 205.9 1995 203.8 1996 201.1 1997 197.5 1998 193 1999 187.9 2000 182.5 2001 177 2002 171.3 2003 165.6 2004 160 2005 154.6 2006 149.7 2007 145.2 2008 141.3 2009 138 2010 135.3 2011 132.9 2012 130.9 2013 129.1 2014 127.7 2015 126.2 2016 124.5 2017 122.4 2018 119.9 2019 116.9 2020 113.9 2021 110.6 2022 107.2