Year per 1,000 live births 1960 195 1961 193.7 1962 192.4 1963 191.2 1964 189.8 1965 188.2 1966 186.5 1967 185 1968 183.3 1969 181.7 1970 179.9 1971 178 1972 176.2 1973 174.3 1974 172.3 1975 169.9 1976 167.3 1977 164.6 1978 161.7 1979 158.7 1980 155.7 1981 152.8 1982 150 1983 147.6 1984 145.2 1985 142.8 1986 140.1 1987 137.5 1988 134.6 1989 131.5 1990 128.2 1991 124.6 1992 121.3 1993 117.6 1994 113.8 1995 109.9 1996 106.2 1997 102.6 1998 98.9 1999 95.3 2000 91.8 2001 88.2 2002 84.8 2003 81.7 2004 78.9 2005 76.4 2006 74.3 2007 72.5 2008 70.8 2009 69.4 2010 68.1 2011 67 2012 66 2013 64.9 2014 64.5 2015 63.6 2016 62 2017 61 2018 60 2019 58.8 2020 57.7 2021 56.4 2022 55