Year per 1,000 live births 1960 228.9 1961 222.6 1962 216.1 1963 209 1964 201.8 1965 194.5 1966 187.7 1967 181.4 1968 175.6 1969 170.4 1970 197.3 1971 160.9 1972 156.1 1973 151.4 1974 146.6 1975 142.2 1976 138.4 1977 135.1 1978 132.1 1979 129.4 1980 126.6 1981 123.4 1982 119.8 1983 115.5 1984 110.6 1985 105.2 1986 99.7 1987 94.2 1988 89.1 1989 84.6 1990 80.4 1991 76.1 1992 71.7 1993 67.1 1994 62.5 1995 57.9 1996 53.4 1997 49 1998 44.9 1999 41.2 2000 37.9 2001 34.9 2002 32.3 2003 30.1 2004 28.1 2005 26.4 2006 24.8 2007 23.4 2008 22.2 2009 21.1 2010 20.1 2011 19.3 2012 18.5 2013 17.9 2014 17.4 2015 17 2016 16.7 2017 16.5 2018 16.2 2019 16 2020 15.7 2021 15.4 2022 15.1