Year per 1,000 live births 1960 242.7 1961 236.3 1962 229.8 1963 223.6 1964 217.2 1965 210.5 1966 203.7 1967 196.7 1968 190 1969 184.7 1970 181.3 1971 179.6 1972 179.4 1973 179.8 1974 179.6 1975 178.2 1976 175.5 1977 171.2 1978 166.2 1979 161.1 1980 156.1 1981 151.4 1982 146.6 1983 141.5 1984 135.8 1985 129.4 1986 123.4 1987 117.9 1988 113.5 1989 110.3 1990 108.2 1991 106.8 1992 105.9 1993 105.1 1994 104.4 1995 103.4 1996 102 1997 100.2 1998 97.8 1999 94.6 2000 90.6 2001 86 2002 81.1 2003 75.8 2004 70.8 2005 66 2006 61.7 2007 58.3 2008 55.4 2009 53.1 2010 51.3 2011 49.7 2012 48.4 2013 47.1 2014 45.8 2015 44.4 2016 43.1 2017 41.7 2018 40.3 2019 39 2020 37.6 2021 36.4 2022 35.1