Year per 1,000 live births 1960 121.7 1961 120.4 1962 119.1 1963 117.8 1964 116.4 1965 114.9 1966 113.2 1967 111.6 1968 109.7 1969 107.6 1970 105.4 1971 102.7 1972 110.2 1973 97 1974 93.6 1975 89.9 1976 85.9 1977 81.7 1978 77.5 1979 73.4 1980 69.3 1981 65.5 1982 62.1 1983 59.1 1984 56.5 1985 54.3 1986 52.3 1987 50.5 1988 48.8 1989 47.1 1990 45.3 1991 43.4 1992 41.5 1993 39.6 1994 37.6 1995 35.8 1996 34 1997 32.3 1998 33.3 1999 29.1 2000 27.6 2001 26.3 2002 25 2003 23.8 2004 22.7 2005 21.7 2006 20.7 2007 19.8 2008 19 2009 18.2 2010 17.5 2011 16.8 2012 16.2 2013 15.6 2014 15.1 2015 14.5 2016 14 2017 13.6 2018 13.1 2019 12.7 2020 12.3 2021 11.9 2022 11.5