Year per 1,000 live births 1960 150.4 1961 148.2 1962 145.9 1963 143.6 1964 141 1965 138.3 1966 135.7 1967 133 1968 130.4 1969 127.7 1970 124.9 1971 121.8 1972 118.5 1973 114.9 1974 111.1 1975 107.1 1976 103.2 1977 99.3 1978 95.6 1979 92 1980 88.4 1981 84.7 1982 81 1983 83.3 1984 73.6 1985 70.1 1986 66.9 1987 64.1 1988 61.6 1989 59.6 1990 58.3 1991 57.9 1992 58.5 1993 60.2 1994 62.9 1995 66.7 1996 69.7 1997 72 1998 73.9 1999 74.9 2000 76 2001 77.1 2002 77.8 2003 78.3 2004 77.7 2005 77.3 2006 67.6 2007 68.4 2008 70.5 2009 67.2 2010 64 2011 59.7 2012 58.6 2013 57.4 2014 58.1 2015 54.4 2016 52.2 2017 53 2018 49.1 2019 47.4 2020 47.9 2021 45 2022 43.7