Year per 1,000 live births 1960 128.9 1961 127 1962 125 1963 122.7 1964 120.5 1965 118.2 1966 115.7 1967 113.3 1968 110.7 1969 108.2 1970 105.5 1971 102.8 1972 99.7 1973 96.3 1974 92.9 1975 89.3 1976 85.8 1977 82.3 1978 78.8 1979 75.6 1980 72.3 1981 69.1 1982 65.8 1983 68.6 1984 59.3 1985 56.3 1986 53.5 1987 51.1 1988 49 1989 47.3 1990 46.2 1991 45.9 1992 46.4 1993 47.7 1994 49.8 1995 53.1 1996 55.7 1997 57.6 1998 59.4 1999 60.5 2000 61.6 2001 62.9 2002 63.7 2003 64.4 2004 64 2005 63.7 2006 55.4 2007 56.2 2008 58.1 2009 55.2 2010 52.5 2011 48.8 2012 47.9 2013 46.8 2014 47.4 2015 44.2 2016 42.3 2017 43.1 2018 39.8 2019 38.4 2020 38.7 2021 36.3 2022 35.5