Year per 1,000 live births 1963 264.5 1964 266.2 1965 267.5 1966 268.8 1967 270 1968 270.7 1969 271.2 1970 271.2 1971 270.9 1972 270 1973 269.2 1974 268.4 1975 267.4 1976 266.7 1977 266.1 1978 265.5 1979 265.3 1980 265.4 1981 265.5 1982 264.9 1983 263.6 1984 261.7 1985 258.9 1986 255.8 1987 252.4 1988 249.5 1989 246.5 1990 243.7 1991 240.4 1992 236.8 1993 232.5 1994 227 1995 219.9 1996 211.8 1997 202.4 1998 192.2 1999 182 2000 172 2001 162.8 2002 154.4 2003 146.8 2004 139.9 2005 133.4 2006 127.3 2007 119.8 2008 113.5 2009 107.5 2010 104.5 2011 100.1 2012 95.8 2013 91.2 2014 87.3 2015 82.8 2016 79.4 2017 77 2018 74.8 2019 72 2020 70.1 2021 68.1 2022 66.2