Year per 1,000 live births 1960 176.1 1961 170.6 1962 165.6 1963 160.7 1964 156.2 1965 152.3 1966 148.6 1967 145.5 1968 142.6 1969 139.8 1970 136.8 1971 133.5 1972 129.6 1973 125 1974 119.9 1975 114.6 1976 109.3 1977 104.5 1978 100 1979 95.5 1980 91.1 1981 86.6 1982 82.1 1983 77.7 1984 73.4 1985 69.4 1986 65.7 1987 62.4 1988 59.4 1989 56.6 1990 53.9 1991 51.2 1992 48.6 1993 45.9 1994 43.3 1995 40.6 1996 38 1997 35.5 1998 33.3 1999 31.3 2000 29.5 2001 27.9 2002 26.6 2003 25.4 2004 24.4 2005 23.4 2006 22.5 2007 21.6 2008 20.7 2009 19.8 2010 18.9 2011 18 2012 17.3 2013 16.5 2014 15.9 2015 15.3 2016 14.8 2017 14.4 2018 13.9 2019 13.5 2020 13 2021 12.6 2022 12.2