Year per 1,000 live births 1960 164.2 1961 161.5 1962 158.7 1963 156 1964 153.3 1965 150.7 1966 148.2 1967 145.8 1968 143.3 1969 140.9 1970 138.3 1971 135.8 1972 133.2 1973 130.6 1974 128.2 1975 125.6 1976 123.1 1977 120.6 1978 118.3 1979 115.9 1980 113.4 1981 111 1982 108.6 1983 106.2 1984 103.6 1985 101.1 1986 98.7 1987 96.2 1988 93.9 1989 91.6 1990 89.5 1991 87.2 1992 84.9 1993 82.6 1994 80.4 1995 78.2 1996 76.1 1997 74.1 1998 72.1 1999 70.2 2000 68.2 2001 66.3 2002 64.5 2003 62.7 2004 60.9 2005 59.1 2006 57.4 2007 55.7 2008 54.1 2009 52.6 2010 51.1 2011 49.7 2012 48.3 2013 46.9 2014 45.6 2015 44.3 2016 43.1 2017 41.9 2018 40.8 2019 39.7 2020 38.7 2021 37.8 2022 36.9