Year per 1,000 live births 1960 211.1 1961 208.5 1962 205.4 1963 201.6 1964 197.4 1965 193.1 1966 188.3 1967 183.6 1968 179 1969 174.8 1970 170.6 1971 166.6 1972 163 1973 159.5 1974 156 1975 152.3 1976 148.3 1977 144.4 1978 140.3 1979 136.5 1980 132.5 1981 128.5 1982 124.5 1983 120.3 1984 116.2 1985 112.1 1986 108.1 1987 103.8 1988 99.4 1989 95 1990 90.5 1991 86.2 1992 82.1 1993 78.2 1994 74.3 1995 70.7 1996 67.2 1997 63.7 1998 60.4 1999 57.3 2000 54.4 2001 51.7 2002 49.3 2003 47 2004 44.8 2005 42.8 2006 41.1 2007 39.4 2008 37.9 2009 36.4 2010 35 2011 33.7 2012 32.3 2013 31 2014 29.7 2015 28.4 2016 27.2 2017 26 2018 24.8 2019 23.7 2020 22.7 2021 21.8 2022 20.9