Year per 1,000 live births 1960 225.3 1961 225.6 1962 225.5 1963 224.9 1964 223.8 1965 222.3 1966 220.4 1967 217.7 1968 214.3 1969 210.8 1970 207.1 1971 203.5 1972 200.1 1973 196.7 1974 193 1975 189.5 1976 186.3 1977 183.6 1978 181 1979 178.5 1980 176.5 1981 174.4 1982 172.8 1983 171.8 1984 171.8 1985 172.8 1986 175.1 1987 178.6 1988 182.3 1989 186.2 1990 189.2 1991 190.6 1992 190 1993 187.5 1994 183.1 1995 177.3 1996 170.3 1997 162.4 1998 154.2 1999 146.1 2000 137.7 2001 129.1 2002 120.9 2003 112.9 2004 105.4 2005 98.6 2006 92.8 2007 87.9 2008 84 2009 80.8 2010 78.2 2011 76.1 2012 74.4 2013 72.9 2014 73.6 2015 70.3 2016 68.8 2017 67.6 2018 66.2 2019 64.7 2020 63.2 2021 61.6 2022 60.1