Year per 1,000 live births 1960 222.9 1961 219.1 1962 215.6 1963 212.1 1964 208.7 1965 205.4 1966 202.4 1967 199.2 1968 196.2 1969 193.9 1970 192.7 1971 192.4 1972 193.2 1973 195.1 1974 198.1 1975 202.2 1976 206.5 1977 210.9 1978 214.6 1979 217 1980 218.7 1981 217.2 1982 213.1 1983 207.4 1984 201.7 1985 197 1986 193.6 1987 191.2 1988 189 1989 186.3 1990 182.5 1991 178.4 1992 174.3 1993 170.5 1994 167.3 1995 164.9 1996 162.8 1997 160 1998 156.4 1999 151.7 2000 145.8 2001 139 2002 131.3 2003 123.2 2004 115 2005 107.1 2006 99.7 2007 93 2008 86.9 2009 81.5 2010 76.2 2011 71.4 2012 66.6 2013 62.3 2014 58.9 2015 55.8 2016 52.6 2017 50 2018 47.7 2019 45.5 2020 43.6 2021 42 2022 40.5