Year per 1,000 live births 1960 227.8 1961 222.4 1962 217 1963 211.8 1964 206.8 1965 201.8 1966 196.7 1967 191.6 1968 186.6 1969 181.6 1970 176.5 1971 171.4 1972 166.5 1973 161.6 1974 156.8 1975 152.1 1976 171.4 1977 142.7 1978 138 1979 133.3 1980 128.5 1981 123.9 1982 141.8 1983 114.7 1984 110.3 1985 106 1986 101.8 1987 97.6 1988 93.6 1989 89.7 1990 86 1991 82.4 1992 78.9 1993 75.5 1994 72.3 1995 69.3 1996 66.5 1997 63.8 1998 61.2 1999 58.8 2000 56.4 2001 54.2 2002 52.2 2003 50.2 2004 48.4 2005 46.5 2006 44.7 2007 43 2008 41.3 2009 39.7 2010 38.1 2011 36.6 2012 35.1 2013 33.7 2014 32.4 2015 31.2 2016 30 2017 29 2018 28 2019 27 2020 26.1 2021 25.2 2022 24.3