Year per 1,000 live births 1960 195.7 1961 194.7 1962 194.7 1963 195.1 1964 195.8 1965 196.2 1966 195.8 1967 194.4 1968 192 1969 188.9 1970 185.3 1971 181.6 1972 177.3 1973 172.9 1974 168.1 1975 162.7 1976 156.8 1977 150.5 1978 144 1979 137.5 1980 130.9 1981 124.6 1982 118.9 1983 113.7 1984 109 1985 104.9 1986 101.3 1987 98.2 1988 95.6 1989 93.5 1990 92.1 1991 91.7 1992 92.5 1993 94.6 1994 98.1 1995 102.2 1996 106.4 1997 110 1998 113.3 1999 116 2000 118.2 2001 120.1 2002 121.6 2003 122.9 2004 124.2 2005 125.3 2006 125 2007 120.9 2008 118.3 2009 107.8 2010 98.7 2011 94.6 2012 92.2 2013 90.7 2014 89.9 2015 88.9 2016 84.7 2017 82.7 2018 83.8 2019 84.7 2020 83.1 2021 80.4 2022 78.6