Year per 1,000 live births 1960 186.5 1961 185.8 1962 185.9 1963 186.5 1964 187.2 1965 187.6 1966 187.3 1967 186 1968 183.8 1969 180.8 1970 177.3 1971 173.6 1972 169.5 1973 165.2 1974 160.5 1975 155.2 1976 149.2 1977 143 1978 136.5 1979 130 1980 123.6 1981 117.5 1982 111.8 1983 106.6 1984 102 1985 97.8 1986 94.2 1987 91.1 1988 88.5 1989 86.5 1990 85.1 1991 84.5 1992 85.2 1993 87.4 1994 90.8 1995 94.9 1996 98.9 1997 102.5 1998 105.7 1999 108.3 2000 110.6 2001 112.2 2002 113.7 2003 114.9 2004 116.1 2005 116.9 2006 116.6 2007 112.8 2008 110.2 2009 100.1 2010 91.4 2011 87.6 2012 85.1 2013 83.7 2014 83 2015 82.1 2016 77.8 2017 76 2018 77.2 2019 78.1 2020 76.6 2021 73.9 2022 72.2