Year per 1,000 live births 1960 219.1 1961 216.3 1962 213.1 1963 209.2 1964 204.9 1965 200.3 1966 195.5 1967 191 1968 186.4 1969 182 1970 177.8 1971 173.8 1972 170 1973 166.3 1974 162.6 1975 158.8 1976 155.1 1977 151.2 1978 147.3 1979 143.3 1980 139.2 1981 135 1982 130.9 1983 126.7 1984 122.5 1985 118.3 1986 114.1 1987 109.8 1988 105.3 1989 100.8 1990 96.3 1991 91.8 1992 87.4 1993 83.2 1994 79.2 1995 75.4 1996 71.7 1997 68.2 1998 64.8 1999 61.6 2000 58.5 2001 55.7 2002 53.1 2003 50.7 2004 48.5 2005 46.5 2006 44.6 2007 42.9 2008 41.2 2009 39.7 2010 38.2 2011 36.7 2012 35.2 2013 33.8 2014 32.4 2015 31 2016 29.7 2017 28.4 2018 27.2 2019 26 2020 24.9 2021 23.9 2022 23