Year per 1,000 live births 1960 296 1961 295.7 1962 296.4 1963 297.2 1964 298 1965 298.5 1966 298.2 1967 297.3 1968 295.6 1969 292.8 1970 289 1971 283.9 1972 277.6 1973 270.3 1974 262.1 1975 252.8 1976 242.5 1977 231.8 1978 221.6 1979 212.5 1980 204.7 1981 197.9 1982 191.8 1983 185.6 1984 178.9 1985 171.4 1986 163.1 1987 155 1988 147.9 1989 142.3 1990 138.5 1991 136.5 1992 136 1993 136.4 1994 137.4 1995 138.4 1996 139 1997 138.8 1998 137.4 1999 134.4 2000 129.6 2001 122.8 2002 115 2003 106.9 2004 99 2005 91.6 2006 85.1 2007 79.4 2008 74.4 2009 70.1 2010 66.3 2011 62.8 2012 59.6 2013 56.6 2014 53.7 2015 50.9 2016 48.3 2017 45.9 2018 43.7 2019 41.8 2020 40 2021 38.4 2022 37