Year per 1,000 live births 1960 348.7 1961 346.6 1962 344.5 1963 342 1964 339.4 1965 336.9 1966 333.9 1967 331 1968 327.8 1969 324.8 1970 321.9 1971 318.7 1972 315.4 1973 312 1974 308.4 1975 304.5 1976 300.4 1977 295.9 1978 291.2 1979 286.2 1980 281.2 1981 276.3 1982 271.5 1983 266.7 1984 262.1 1985 257.4 1986 252.8 1987 248.2 1988 243.5 1989 238.5 1990 233 1991 227.1 1992 220.7 1993 214 1994 207.1 1995 200.1 1996 193.1 1997 186.3 1998 179.5 1999 172.6 2000 165.6 2001 158.9 2002 152.6 2003 146.7 2004 141.5 2005 136.9 2006 132.9 2007 129.6 2008 126.7 2009 124.1 2010 121.7 2011 119.6 2012 117.5 2013 115.5 2014 114.2 2015 112.4 2016 109.9 2017 108 2018 105.9 2019 103.7 2020 101.2 2021 98.7 2022 96