Year per 1,000 live births 1960 226.8 1961 223.9 1962 220.2 1963 216.3 1964 211.7 1965 207 1966 202.3 1967 197.7 1968 193.3 1969 188.8 1970 184.5 1971 180.6 1972 176.6 1973 172.6 1974 168.8 1975 165.2 1976 161.5 1977 157.8 1978 153.9 1979 149.7 1980 145.5 1981 141.2 1982 136.9 1983 132.8 1984 128.5 1985 124.2 1986 119.8 1987 115.5 1988 111.1 1989 106.5 1990 101.8 1991 97.2 1992 92.6 1993 88.1 1994 84 1995 80 1996 76.1 1997 72.5 1998 69 1999 65.6 2000 62.5 2001 59.5 2002 56.8 2003 54.2 2004 52 2005 49.9 2006 48 2007 46.2 2008 44.5 2009 42.8 2010 41.1 2011 39.5 2012 37.9 2013 36.4 2014 34.9 2015 33.4 2016 32 2017 30.7 2018 29.4 2019 28.1 2020 26.9 2021 25.9 2022 24.9