Year per 1,000 live births 1960 241.4 1961 239.7 1962 237.8 1963 235.7 1964 233.3 1965 230.6 1966 227.8 1967 224.8 1968 221.8 1969 218.6 1970 215.4 1971 212.1 1972 208.4 1973 204.5 1974 200.5 1975 196.3 1976 191.9 1977 187.6 1978 183.7 1979 180.6 1980 178.8 1981 177.9 1982 177.8 1983 178.1 1984 178.2 1985 177.7 1986 176.5 1987 174.5 1988 172 1989 169.5 1990 167.3 1991 165.2 1992 163.4 1993 161.6 1994 159.3 1995 156.4 1996 152.9 1997 148.6 1998 143.1 1999 136.5 2000 129 2001 121 2002 113.1 2003 105.6 2004 98.8 2005 92.5 2006 87 2007 81.6 2008 77.1 2009 72.5 2010 68.9 2011 65.3 2012 62.2 2013 59.4 2014 56.7 2015 54.7 2016 52.4 2017 50.2 2018 47.9 2019 46 2020 44.2 2021 42.1 2022 40.5