Year per 1,000 live births 1960 243.2 1961 238.3 1962 233.3 1963 228.2 1964 222.8 1965 217.2 1966 211.5 1967 205.8 1968 200.3 1969 195.1 1970 190.6 1971 186.3 1972 182.4 1973 178.3 1974 173.7 1975 168.4 1976 162.4 1977 155.8 1978 148.7 1979 141.6 1980 134.7 1981 127.9 1982 121.3 1983 115 1984 109 1985 103.3 1986 98 1987 93.1 1988 88.6 1989 84.5 1990 80.8 1991 77.3 1992 74 1993 70.9 1994 67.9 1995 64.9 1996 62.1 1997 59.5 1998 57 1999 54.6 2000 52.4 2001 50.2 2002 48 2003 45.9 2004 43.7 2005 41.5 2006 39.3 2007 37.1 2008 35 2009 33.1 2010 31.2 2011 29.4 2012 27.8 2013 26.2 2014 24.8 2015 23.5 2016 22.3 2017 21.2 2018 20.3 2019 19.4 2020 18.6 2021 17.9 2022 17.3