Year per 1,000 live births 1960 213.4 1961 206.3 1962 199.3 1963 192.6 1964 186.4 1965 180.8 1966 176.2 1967 172.3 1968 169.2 1969 166.6 1970 164.4 1971 161.9 1972 159 1973 155.2 1974 150.5 1975 145.1 1976 139.2 1977 133 1978 126.7 1979 120.6 1980 114.8 1981 108.9 1982 102.8 1983 96.6 1984 90.1 1985 83.9 1986 78.3 1987 73.4 1988 69.2 1989 65.8 1990 62.9 1991 60.2 1992 57.5 1993 54.9 1994 52.1 1995 49.4 1996 46.6 1997 44 1998 41.5 1999 39.3 2000 37.2 2001 35.3 2002 33.6 2003 32 2004 30.6 2005 29.4 2006 28.2 2007 27.1 2008 26 2009 25 2010 24 2011 23 2012 22.1 2013 21.3 2014 20.5 2015 19.7 2016 19.1 2017 18.4 2018 17.8 2019 17.2 2020 16.6 2021 16 2022 15.5