Year per 1,000 live births 1960 141.7 1961 129.2 1962 117.8 1963 107.5 1964 98.1 1965 89.5 1966 81.8 1967 74.7 1968 68.3 1969 62.5 1970 57.3 1971 52.6 1972 48.3 1973 44.4 1974 40.9 1975 37.7 1976 34.9 1977 32.5 1978 30.3 1979 28.3 1980 26.6 1981 25.1 1982 23.8 1983 22.6 1984 21.6 1985 20.7 1986 20 1987 19.4 1988 18.9 1989 18.4 1990 18.1 1991 17.9 1992 17.7 1993 17.6 1994 17.6 1995 17.6 1996 17.7 1997 17.8 1998 18 1999 18.3 2000 18.6 2001 19 2002 19.4 2003 19.9 2004 20.4 2005 21 2006 21.6 2007 22.3 2008 23 2009 23.7 2010 24.5 2011 25.3 2012 26.1 2013 27 2014 27.8 2015 28.7 2016 29.6 2017 30.5 2018 31.3 2019 32.1 2020 32.9 2021 33.6 2022 34.1