Year per 1,000 live births 1960 328 1961 328.4 1962 328 1963 327.2 1964 325.5 1965 323.5 1966 320.6 1967 316.8 1968 312 1969 307.1 1970 301.7 1971 296.6 1972 291.9 1973 286.9 1974 281.8 1975 276.8 1976 272.3 1977 268.2 1978 264.3 1979 260.9 1980 257.9 1981 254.9 1982 252.6 1983 251.3 1984 251.4 1985 253.1 1986 256.8 1987 261.9 1988 267.8 1989 273.4 1990 277.8 1991 279.7 1992 278.8 1993 275.2 1994 268.9 1995 260.3 1996 249.9 1997 238.4 1998 225.8 1999 212.9 2000 199.8 2001 186.2 2002 172.9 2003 160.2 2004 148.3 2005 137.7 2006 128.7 2007 121.2 2008 115.2 2009 110.3 2010 106.4 2011 103.3 2012 100.6 2013 98.2 2014 98.2 2015 94.3 2016 92.2 2017 90.2 2018 88.2 2019 85.8 2020 83.5 2021 81.2 2022 79