Year per 1,000 live births 1960 138.1 1961 125.7 1962 114.6 1963 104.3 1964 95 1965 86.6 1966 78.9 1967 72 1968 65.7 1969 60 1970 54.8 1971 50.1 1972 45.9 1973 42.1 1974 38.7 1975 35.6 1976 32.9 1977 30.5 1978 28.4 1979 26.6 1980 24.9 1981 23.5 1982 22.2 1983 21.2 1984 20.2 1985 19.4 1986 18.7 1987 18.2 1988 17.7 1989 17.3 1990 17 1991 16.8 1992 16.6 1993 16.5 1994 16.5 1995 16.5 1996 16.6 1997 16.8 1998 17 1999 17.2 2000 17.5 2001 17.9 2002 18.3 2003 18.7 2004 19.2 2005 19.8 2006 20.4 2007 21 2008 21.7 2009 22.4 2010 23.1 2011 23.9 2012 24.7 2013 25.5 2014 26.3 2015 27.1 2016 28 2017 28.8 2018 29.6 2019 30.3 2020 31.1 2021 31.7 2022 32.2