Year per 1,000 live births 1962 242.5 1963 238.3 1964 234.2 1965 230.3 1966 226.5 1967 222.7 1968 219 1969 215.2 1970 211.4 1971 207.7 1972 203.9 1973 199.9 1974 196 1975 192.1 1976 188 1977 183.9 1978 179.8 1979 175.6 1980 171.3 1981 166.9 1982 162.6 1983 158.2 1984 153.8 1985 149.5 1986 145.3 1987 140.9 1988 136.6 1989 132.4 1990 128.2 1991 124.2 1992 120.6 1993 117.3 1994 114.1 1995 111 1996 108.3 1997 105.5 1998 102.8 1999 100 2000 97.2 2001 94.4 2002 91.3 2003 88.4 2004 85.5 2005 82.4 2006 79.5 2007 76.6 2008 73.8 2009 71.1 2010 68.4 2011 66 2012 63.8 2013 61.8 2014 59.9 2015 58.1 2016 56.5 2017 55 2018 53.6 2019 52.2 2020 50.8 2021 49.4 2022 48.1