Year per 1,000 live births 1960 294.7 1961 294.8 1962 294.2 1963 293.2 1964 291.4 1965 289 1966 286.1 1967 282.8 1968 278.8 1969 274.1 1970 269.3 1971 264.8 1972 260.7 1973 256.4 1974 252 1975 247.6 1976 243.4 1977 239.4 1978 235.9 1979 232.1 1980 229 1981 226.3 1982 224.2 1983 223.3 1984 223.6 1985 225.5 1986 229 1987 234 1988 239.6 1989 245.1 1990 249.1 1991 251.1 1992 250.5 1993 247.2 1994 241.3 1995 233.2 1996 224 1997 213.9 1998 203 1999 190.9 2000 178.5 2001 165.7 2002 153.3 2003 141.3 2004 130.4 2005 120.8 2006 112.7 2007 106 2008 100.5 2009 96.1 2010 92.5 2011 89.5 2012 87.1 2013 84.9 2014 85.2 2015 81.5 2016 79.6 2017 77.8 2018 75.9 2019 73.8 2020 71.7 2021 69.4 2022 67.2