Year per 1,000 live births 1960 144.2 1961 143 1962 141.5 1963 139.4 1964 137 1965 134.3 1966 131.5 1967 128.7 1968 125.7 1969 122.7 1970 119.5 1971 116.2 1972 112.5 1973 108.4 1974 104.1 1975 99.9 1976 95.8 1977 91.8 1978 88.2 1979 84.5 1980 81.2 1981 78 1982 74.9 1983 72 1984 69.2 1985 66.7 1986 64.2 1987 61.9 1988 59.5 1989 57.2 1990 54.9 1991 52.6 1992 50.3 1993 48.2 1994 46.1 1995 44 1996 42.2 1997 40.4 1998 38.9 1999 37.6 2000 36.4 2001 35.5 2002 34.7 2003 34.1 2004 33.6 2005 33.2 2006 32.8 2007 32.5 2008 32.2 2009 32.1 2010 31.9 2011 31.9 2012 31.9 2013 31.9 2014 31.9 2015 32 2016 32 2017 32 2018 31.8 2019 31.3 2020 30.8 2021 30.1 2022 29.5