Year per 1,000 live births 1960 264 1961 257.5 1962 251 1963 244.8 1964 238.3 1965 231.6 1966 224.3 1967 217 1968 210.2 1969 204.8 1970 201.3 1971 199.4 1972 199.4 1973 200 1974 200 1975 198.5 1976 195.7 1977 191.4 1978 186.2 1979 180.8 1980 175.7 1981 170.6 1982 165.5 1983 160 1984 153.8 1985 147.1 1986 140.4 1987 134.6 1988 129.8 1989 126.2 1990 123.8 1991 122.4 1992 121.3 1993 120.5 1994 119.7 1995 118.8 1996 117.5 1997 115.8 1998 113.2 1999 109.8 2000 105.7 2001 100.6 2002 95.1 2003 89.3 2004 83.6 2005 78.2 2006 73.4 2007 69.4 2008 66.1 2009 63.5 2010 61.3 2011 59.5 2012 58 2013 56.5 2014 54.9 2015 53.4 2016 51.8 2017 50.3 2018 48.8 2019 47.2 2020 45.8 2021 44.4 2022 43