Year per 1,000 live births 1960 243 1961 243.1 1962 243.7 1963 244.6 1964 245.6 1965 246.3 1966 247.1 1967 247.2 1968 246.5 1969 244.6 1970 241.4 1971 237 1972 231.3 1973 224.8 1974 217.1 1975 208.8 1976 199.9 1977 190.4 1978 180.2 1979 168.8 1980 155.7 1981 140.4 1982 123.7 1983 107.2 1984 92.2 1985 79.9 1986 70.2 1987 63.3 1988 59 1989 56.4 1990 55.1 1991 54.3 1992 53.7 1993 53.1 1994 52.4 1995 51.4 1996 50.2 1997 48.9 1998 47.4 1999 45.9 2000 44.4 2001 42.7 2002 41.1 2003 39.4 2004 37.7 2005 36.1 2006 34.5 2007 33.1 2008 31.8 2009 30.7 2010 29.7 2011 28.9 2012 28.3 2013 27.8 2014 27.4 2015 27 2016 26.7 2017 26.2 2018 25.7 2019 25.2 2020 24.6 2021 24 2022 23.4