Year per 1,000 live births 1960 208.1 1961 201.6 1962 195 1963 188.8 1964 182.9 1965 177.8 1966 173.4 1967 169.9 1968 167 1969 164.7 1970 162.7 1971 160.5 1972 157.6 1973 153.7 1974 148.8 1975 142.9 1976 136.6 1977 130.2 1978 123.8 1979 117.8 1980 111.8 1981 106 1982 100.1 1983 93.8 1984 87.4 1985 81.2 1986 75.8 1987 71.1 1988 67 1989 63.8 1990 61.1 1991 58.6 1992 56.1 1993 53.4 1994 50.5 1995 47.6 1996 44.7 1997 41.9 1998 39.4 1999 37.1 2000 35 2001 33.1 2002 31.5 2003 30.1 2004 28.8 2005 27.6 2006 26.5 2007 25.5 2008 24.4 2009 23.4 2010 22.5 2011 21.5 2012 20.7 2013 19.8 2014 19 2015 18.3 2016 17.7 2017 17.1 2018 16.5 2019 15.9 2020 15.4 2021 14.8 2022 14.3