Year per 1,000 live births 1960 152.8 1961 150 1962 147.5 1963 145 1964 142.4 1965 140 1966 137.5 1967 135.1 1968 132.8 1969 130.4 1970 128 1971 125.6 1972 123.2 1973 120.7 1974 118.2 1975 115.8 1976 113.4 1977 111 1978 108.7 1979 106.4 1980 104.1 1981 101.8 1982 99.5 1983 97.1 1984 94.7 1985 92.3 1986 89.9 1987 87.6 1988 85.4 1989 83.2 1990 81.1 1991 79.1 1992 77 1993 75 1994 73 1995 71 1996 69 1997 67 1998 65.1 1999 63.3 2000 61.5 2001 59.7 2002 58 2003 56.3 2004 54.6 2005 53 2006 51.4 2007 49.9 2008 48.4 2009 47 2010 45.6 2011 44.3 2012 43.1 2013 41.9 2014 40.7 2015 39.5 2016 38.4 2017 37.4 2018 36.4 2019 35.4 2020 34.5 2021 33.7 2022 32.8