Year per 1,000 live births 1960 140.5 1961 137.9 1962 135.6 1963 133.2 1964 130.8 1965 128.4 1966 126.1 1967 123.9 1968 121.6 1969 119.4 1970 117.2 1971 114.9 1972 112.7 1973 110.3 1974 107.9 1975 105.6 1976 103.3 1977 101 1978 98.8 1979 96.5 1980 94.4 1981 92.2 1982 90 1983 87.7 1984 85.4 1985 83.1 1986 80.9 1987 78.7 1988 76.5 1989 74.5 1990 72.5 1991 70.6 1992 68.8 1993 67 1994 65.2 1995 63.3 1996 61.5 1997 59.7 1998 57.9 1999 56.1 2000 54.5 2001 52.8 2002 51.2 2003 49.6 2004 48.1 2005 46.6 2006 45.1 2007 43.7 2008 42.4 2009 41.1 2010 39.9 2011 38.7 2012 37.6 2013 36.5 2014 35.5 2015 34.5 2016 33.5 2017 32.6 2018 31.7 2019 30.9 2020 30.1 2021 29.4 2022 28.6