Year per 1,000 live births 1960 140 1961 137.9 1962 135.8 1963 133.4 1964 131 1965 128.6 1966 126 1967 123.5 1968 120.8 1969 118.2 1970 115.5 1971 112.6 1972 109.4 1973 105.9 1974 102.2 1975 98.4 1976 94.6 1977 90.9 1978 87.3 1979 83.9 1980 80.5 1981 77.1 1982 73.6 1983 76.1 1984 66.7 1985 63.4 1986 60.4 1987 57.8 1988 55.5 1989 53.6 1990 52.4 1991 52 1992 52.6 1993 54.1 1994 56.5 1995 60.1 1996 62.9 1997 65 1998 66.8 1999 67.8 2000 69 2001 70.2 2002 70.9 2003 71.6 2004 71 2005 70.7 2006 61.7 2007 62.5 2008 64.5 2009 61.4 2010 58.4 2011 54.4 2012 53.5 2013 52.3 2014 52.9 2015 49.5 2016 47.3 2017 48.2 2018 44.5 2019 43 2020 43.4 2021 40.8 2022 39.7