Year per 1,000 live births 1960 102 1961 101.3 1962 100.3 1963 99.1 1964 97.6 1965 96 1966 94.3 1967 92.5 1968 90.7 1969 88.8 1970 86.9 1971 84.8 1972 82.5 1973 80.1 1974 77.5 1975 75 1976 72.5 1977 70.1 1978 67.8 1979 65.7 1980 63.6 1981 61.6 1982 59.6 1983 57.8 1984 56 1985 54.3 1986 52.6 1987 50.9 1988 49.3 1989 47.6 1990 45.9 1991 44.3 1992 42.7 1993 41.1 1994 39.5 1995 38 1996 36.6 1997 35.3 1998 34.2 1999 33.2 2000 32.3 2001 31.6 2002 31 2003 30.5 2004 30.1 2005 29.7 2006 29.4 2007 29.2 2008 29.1 2009 29 2010 28.9 2011 28.8 2012 28.8 2013 28.8 2014 28.8 2015 28.8 2016 28.9 2017 28.8 2018 28.7 2019 28.4 2020 27.9 2021 27.4 2022 26.8