Year per 1,000 live births 1960 175.3 1961 171.5 1962 167.7 1963 164.2 1964 160.7 1965 157.3 1966 153.9 1967 150.5 1968 147.3 1969 144.2 1970 140.8 1971 137.6 1972 134.3 1973 130.6 1974 126.7 1975 122.5 1976 118.1 1977 113.5 1978 108.7 1979 103.7 1980 118.5 1981 93.5 1982 88.4 1983 83.5 1984 78.6 1985 74 1986 69.5 1987 65.5 1988 61.7 1989 58.2 1990 55 1991 51.9 1992 49 1993 46.2 1994 43.5 1995 40.8 1996 38.3 1997 35.9 1998 33.7 1999 31.7 2000 29.8 2001 28.1 2002 26.6 2003 25.1 2004 23.7 2005 22.4 2006 21.2 2007 20.1 2008 19.1 2009 18.2 2010 17.3 2011 16.4 2012 15.6 2013 15 2014 14.4 2015 13.8 2016 13.2 2017 12.8 2018 12.3 2019 11.9 2020 11.5 2021 11.1 2022 10.7