Year per 1,000 live births 1960 231.7 1961 230.1 1962 228.5 1963 226.4 1964 224.1 1965 221.6 1966 218.8 1967 216 1968 212.9 1969 209.9 1970 206.7 1971 203.3 1972 199.8 1973 196 1974 192 1975 187.7 1976 183.6 1977 179.4 1978 175.6 1979 172.6 1980 170.9 1981 170.2 1982 170.5 1983 170.9 1984 171.2 1985 171 1986 169.8 1987 167.7 1988 165.1 1989 162.7 1990 160.5 1991 158.4 1992 156.6 1993 154.6 1994 152.3 1995 149.5 1996 146.2 1997 142.1 1998 136.7 1999 130.2 2000 122.9 2001 115.2 2002 107.3 2003 99.9 2004 93.2 2005 87.1 2006 81.7 2007 76.5 2008 72 2009 67.5 2010 64 2011 60.4 2012 57.4 2013 54.6 2014 51.9 2015 50 2016 47.8 2017 45.7 2018 43.5 2019 41.8 2020 40.1 2021 38 2022 36.6