Year per 1,000 live births 1960 143.6 1961 142.2 1962 140.9 1963 139.6 1964 138.2 1965 136.6 1966 134.9 1967 133.1 1968 131.1 1969 128.9 1970 126.5 1971 123.8 1972 130.9 1973 117.3 1974 113.4 1975 108.9 1976 104.1 1977 99.1 1978 94 1979 89.1 1980 84.4 1981 80.1 1982 76.1 1983 72.6 1984 69.5 1985 66.7 1986 64.2 1987 62 1988 59.9 1989 57.8 1990 55.7 1991 53.5 1992 51.3 1993 49 1994 46.7 1995 44.5 1996 42.3 1997 40.2 1998 41 1999 36.4 2000 34.6 2001 33 2002 31.5 2003 30 2004 28.7 2005 27.4 2006 26.3 2007 25.2 2008 24.2 2009 23.2 2010 22.3 2011 21.4 2012 20.6 2013 19.8 2014 19.1 2015 18.4 2016 17.8 2017 17.2 2018 16.6 2019 16.1 2020 15.6 2021 15.1 2022 14.6