Year per 1,000 live births 1960 241.7 1961 238.4 1962 235.4 1963 232.6 1964 229.8 1965 227.3 1966 224.8 1967 222.3 1968 219.8 1969 217.3 1970 214.5 1971 211.4 1972 208.1 1973 204.5 1974 200.4 1975 195.9 1976 191 1977 185.7 1978 180.1 1979 174.6 1980 169.1 1981 163.9 1982 159.1 1983 154.5 1984 150.3 1985 146.2 1986 142.2 1987 138.2 1988 134.1 1989 130.2 1990 126.5 1991 122.9 1992 119.5 1993 116.1 1994 112.8 1995 109.5 1996 106 1997 102.5 1998 98.9 1999 95.3 2000 91.7 2001 88.1 2002 84.5 2003 81.1 2004 77.7 2005 74.4 2006 71.1 2007 67.8 2008 64.5 2009 61.3 2010 58.1 2011 55 2012 52 2013 49.1 2014 46.3 2015 43.6 2016 41.1 2017 38.7 2018 36.4 2019 34.3 2020 32.4 2021 30.6 2022 29.1