Year per 1,000 live births 1960 185.1 1961 179.5 1962 174.4 1963 169.6 1964 165 1965 161 1966 157.3 1967 154.3 1968 151.3 1969 148.5 1970 145.4 1971 141.8 1972 137.8 1973 133.1 1974 127.9 1975 122.3 1976 117 1977 111.8 1978 107.1 1979 102.4 1980 97.9 1981 93.2 1982 88.6 1983 83.9 1984 79.5 1985 75.3 1986 71.6 1987 68.2 1988 65.1 1989 62.1 1990 59.2 1991 56.4 1992 53.6 1993 50.8 1994 48 1995 45.1 1996 42.3 1997 39.7 1998 37.2 1999 35 2000 33 2001 31.2 2002 29.8 2003 28.4 2004 27.3 2005 26.2 2006 25.1 2007 24.1 2008 23.1 2009 22.1 2010 21.1 2011 20.1 2012 19.2 2013 18.4 2014 17.7 2015 17 2016 16.4 2017 15.9 2018 15.4 2019 14.9 2020 14.4 2021 13.9 2022 13.4