Year per 1,000 live births 1960 358.7 1961 356.5 1962 354.2 1963 351.7 1964 349.1 1965 346.2 1966 343.2 1967 339.9 1968 336.7 1969 333.5 1970 330.1 1971 326.8 1972 323.4 1973 319.9 1974 316.1 1975 312 1976 307.8 1977 303.7 1978 299.2 1979 294.5 1980 289.6 1981 284.7 1982 279.8 1983 274.7 1984 269.7 1985 264.9 1986 260.1 1987 255.6 1988 251 1989 246.1 1990 240.8 1991 235.1 1992 228.6 1993 222.1 1994 215.4 1995 208.5 1996 201.7 1997 194.8 1998 188 1999 181 2000 174.1 2001 167.4 2002 161.1 2003 155.2 2004 150 2005 145.4 2006 141.5 2007 138.1 2008 135.2 2009 132.6 2010 130.3 2011 127.9 2012 125.8 2013 123.7 2014 122.3 2015 120.5 2016 118 2017 116.1 2018 113.9 2019 111.5 2020 108.8 2021 106.1 2022 103.1