Year per 1,000 live births 1960 119.5 1961 116.1 1962 113.1 1963 110.1 1964 107.4 1965 105 1966 102.7 1967 100.7 1968 98.9 1969 97.1 1970 95.3 1971 93.2 1972 90.7 1973 87.8 1974 84.6 1975 81.2 1976 77.9 1977 74.9 1978 71.9 1979 69.1 1980 66.3 1981 63.5 1982 60.6 1983 57.8 1984 55 1985 52.5 1986 50.1 1987 48 1988 45.9 1989 44 1990 42.2 1991 40.3 1992 38.5 1993 36.6 1994 34.8 1995 32.9 1996 31 1997 29.2 1998 27.5 1999 26 2000 24.6 2001 23.4 2002 22.4 2003 21.5 2004 20.6 2005 19.9 2006 19.1 2007 18.4 2008 17.6 2009 16.9 2010 16.2 2011 15.5 2012 14.8 2013 14.2 2014 13.7 2015 13.2 2016 12.7 2017 12.4 2018 12 2019 11.6 2020 11.2 2021 10.8 2022 10.5