Year per 1,000 live births 1962 231.4 1963 227.6 1964 223.9 1965 220 1966 216.5 1967 212.9 1968 209.3 1969 205.6 1970 202.1 1971 198.5 1972 194.8 1973 191.2 1974 187.5 1975 183.8 1976 180 1977 176.1 1978 172.2 1979 168.1 1980 164 1981 159.8 1982 155.6 1983 151.2 1984 147.1 1985 143 1986 138.9 1987 134.7 1988 130.6 1989 126.5 1990 122.5 1991 118.7 1992 115.1 1993 111.8 1994 108.6 1995 105.5 1996 102.7 1997 99.9 1998 97.2 1999 94.6 2000 92 2001 89.3 2002 86.6 2003 83.7 2004 80.9 2005 78 2006 75.1 2007 72.3 2008 69.6 2009 67 2010 64.6 2011 62.3 2012 60.1 2013 58.1 2014 56.2 2015 54.6 2016 53 2017 51.5 2018 50.1 2019 48.8 2020 47.4 2021 46.1 2022 44.8