Year per 1,000 live births 1960 237.5 1961 231.3 1962 224.8 1963 217.7 1964 210.3 1965 203.1 1966 196.2 1967 189.8 1968 183.8 1969 178.4 1970 204.9 1971 168.3 1972 163.3 1973 158.1 1974 153 1975 148.1 1976 144 1977 140.5 1978 137.3 1979 134.5 1980 131.5 1981 128.3 1982 124.6 1983 120.3 1984 115.3 1985 109.8 1986 104 1987 98.4 1988 93.3 1989 88.8 1990 84.4 1991 79.9 1992 75.3 1993 70.6 1994 65.9 1995 61.2 1996 56.6 1997 52.2 1998 48.1 1999 44.2 2000 40.8 2001 37.7 2002 35 2003 32.6 2004 30.6 2005 28.8 2006 27.1 2007 25.6 2008 24.3 2009 23.1 2010 22 2011 21.1 2012 20.3 2013 19.6 2014 19.1 2015 18.6 2016 18.3 2017 18 2018 17.8 2019 17.5 2020 17.2 2021 16.9 2022 16.5