Year per 1,000 live births 1960 132.8 1961 131.6 1962 130.3 1963 129 1964 127.6 1965 126 1966 124.4 1967 122.6 1968 120.6 1969 118.5 1970 116.2 1971 113.6 1972 120.8 1973 107.4 1974 103.7 1975 99.6 1976 95.2 1977 90.6 1978 85.9 1979 81.4 1980 77.1 1981 73 1982 69.3 1983 66 1984 63.2 1985 60.6 1986 58.4 1987 56.4 1988 54.5 1989 52.6 1990 50.7 1991 48.7 1992 46.5 1993 44.4 1994 42.3 1995 40.2 1996 38.2 1997 36.4 1998 37.3 1999 32.8 2000 31.2 2001 29.7 2002 28.3 2003 27 2004 25.8 2005 24.7 2006 23.6 2007 22.6 2008 21.6 2009 20.8 2010 20 2011 19.2 2012 18.5 2013 17.8 2014 17.1 2015 16.5 2016 16 2017 15.4 2018 14.9 2019 14.4 2020 14 2021 13.5 2022 13.1