Year per 1,000 live births 1960 108.1 1961 105 1962 102 1963 99.1 1964 96.5 1965 94.2 1966 92.1 1967 90.1 1968 88.4 1969 86.6 1970 84.9 1971 83 1972 80.8 1973 78.1 1974 75.1 1975 72.1 1976 69.1 1977 66.4 1978 63.8 1979 61.2 1980 58.6 1981 56.1 1982 53.5 1983 50.9 1984 48.4 1985 46 1986 43.9 1987 41.9 1988 40.1 1989 38.3 1990 36.7 1991 35 1992 33.4 1993 31.7 1994 30 1995 28.4 1996 26.8 1997 25.2 1998 23.7 1999 22.4 2000 21.3 2001 20.2 2002 19.3 2003 18.5 2004 17.8 2005 17.2 2006 16.6 2007 15.9 2008 15.3 2009 14.7 2010 14.1 2011 13.5 2012 12.9 2013 12.4 2014 12 2015 11.6 2016 11.2 2017 10.9 2018 10.5 2019 10.2 2020 9.9 2021 9.5 2022 9.2