Year per 1,000 live births 1960 290.7 1961 290.7 1962 291.1 1963 292 1964 293 1965 293.6 1966 293.6 1967 292.7 1968 291.3 1969 288.7 1970 284.8 1971 279.5 1972 273.1 1973 265.8 1974 257.4 1975 247.4 1976 236.4 1977 225.3 1978 214.8 1979 205.6 1980 197.4 1981 190.4 1982 184.2 1983 177.7 1984 170.7 1985 163.3 1986 155.2 1987 147.4 1988 140.4 1989 134.9 1990 131.3 1991 129.3 1992 128.8 1993 129.4 1994 130.5 1995 131.4 1996 132 1997 131.8 1998 130.4 1999 127.5 2000 122.7 2001 116.2 2002 108.5 2003 100.6 2004 92.9 2005 85.7 2006 79.4 2007 73.8 2008 68.9 2009 64.7 2010 61 2011 57.7 2012 54.6 2013 51.6 2014 48.8 2015 46.2 2016 43.7 2017 41.4 2018 39.3 2019 37.5 2020 35.8 2021 34.4 2022 33