Year per 1,000 live births 1960 150.6 1961 149.5 1962 148 1963 146.3 1964 143.9 1965 141.4 1966 138.7 1967 135.9 1968 133.1 1969 130.4 1970 127.3 1971 124 1972 120.5 1973 117 1974 113.2 1975 109.3 1976 105.7 1977 102 1978 98.5 1979 95.3 1980 92.1 1981 89 1982 85.9 1983 83.1 1984 80.2 1985 77.3 1986 74.5 1987 71.7 1988 69.1 1989 66.3 1990 63.8 1991 61.2 1992 58.6 1993 56.1 1994 53.7 1995 51.5 1996 49.3 1997 47.5 1998 45.8 1999 44.3 2000 43.1 2001 42 2002 41.1 2003 40.4 2004 39.7 2005 39.2 2006 38.9 2007 38.6 2008 38.4 2009 38.2 2010 38.1 2011 38 2012 38 2013 38 2014 38 2015 38 2016 38 2017 38 2018 37.8 2019 37.3 2020 36.7 2021 36 2022 35.2