Year per 1,000 live births 1960 218.4 1961 210.9 1962 203.4 1963 196.4 1964 189.6 1965 183.6 1966 178.7 1967 174.5 1968 171.2 1969 168.6 1970 165.9 1971 163.2 1972 160.3 1973 156.7 1974 152.2 1975 147.2 1976 141.5 1977 135.6 1978 129.4 1979 123.2 1980 117.5 1981 111.6 1982 105.4 1983 99.2 1984 92.8 1985 86.6 1986 80.7 1987 75.6 1988 71.4 1989 67.8 1990 64.6 1991 61.7 1992 58.9 1993 56.3 1994 53.7 1995 51.1 1996 48.5 1997 46 1998 43.5 1999 41.3 2000 39.3 2001 37.4 2002 35.5 2003 33.9 2004 32.4 2005 31 2006 29.8 2007 28.6 2008 27.5 2009 26.5 2010 25.5 2011 24.5 2012 23.5 2013 22.6 2014 21.8 2015 21.1 2016 20.3 2017 19.7 2018 19 2019 18.4 2020 17.8 2021 17.2 2022 16.6