Year per 1,000 live births 1960 208.8 1961 209 1962 208.7 1963 208 1964 207 1965 205.5 1966 203.4 1967 200.9 1968 198 1969 194.6 1970 191 1971 187.8 1972 184.6 1973 181.6 1974 178.4 1975 175.3 1976 172.2 1977 169.5 1978 166.9 1979 164.6 1980 162.5 1981 160.6 1982 159.2 1983 158.5 1984 158.6 1985 159.8 1986 162.2 1987 165.6 1988 169.4 1989 173.1 1990 176 1991 177.3 1992 176.8 1993 174.5 1994 170.3 1995 164.8 1996 158.3 1997 151 1998 143.6 1999 135.8 2000 127.7 2001 119.5 2002 111.8 2003 104.2 2004 97 2005 90.6 2006 85.2 2007 80.8 2008 77.1 2009 74.1 2010 71.7 2011 69.8 2012 68.1 2013 66.7 2014 67.6 2015 64.5 2016 63.1 2017 62 2018 60.7 2019 59.3 2020 57.8 2021 56.4 2022 54.9