Year per 1,000 live births 1960 177 1961 176.3 1962 176.6 1963 177.4 1964 178.3 1965 178.7 1966 178.3 1967 177.1 1968 175.1 1969 172.3 1970 168.9 1971 165.4 1972 161.3 1973 157.1 1974 152.4 1975 147.2 1976 141.2 1977 135.1 1978 128.8 1979 122.4 1980 116 1981 110 1982 104.3 1983 99.2 1984 94.5 1985 90.5 1986 86.8 1987 83.6 1988 81 1989 78.9 1990 77.5 1991 76.9 1992 77.6 1993 79.7 1994 83.1 1995 87.1 1996 91.1 1997 94.6 1998 97.7 1999 100.2 2000 102.3 2001 104 2002 105.3 2003 106.5 2004 107.5 2005 108.2 2006 107.8 2007 104.2 2008 101.6 2009 92 2010 83.6 2011 80.1 2012 77.7 2013 76.3 2014 75.8 2015 74.8 2016 70.7 2017 68.9 2018 70.2 2019 71.2 2020 69.8 2021 67.1 2022 65.6