Year per 1,000 live births 1960 186.2 1961 184.2 1962 182.1 1963 180.2 1964 177.8 1965 175.4 1966 172.7 1967 169.9 1968 166.9 1969 163.4 1970 159.7 1971 155.5 1972 176.4 1973 145.7 1974 140 1975 133.7 1976 127.1 1977 120.2 1978 113.3 1979 106.5 1980 99.9 1981 93.7 1982 88.2 1983 83.3 1984 79.1 1985 75.4 1986 72.1 1987 69.1 1988 66.3 1989 63.5 1990 60.7 1991 57.8 1992 54.7 1993 51.7 1994 48.8 1995 46.1 1996 43.4 1997 40.8 1998 45.8 1999 36.3 2000 34.1 2001 32.3 2002 30.5 2003 29 2004 27.5 2005 26.1 2006 24.8 2007 23.7 2008 22.6 2009 21.6 2010 20.7 2011 19.9 2012 19.1 2013 18.4 2014 17.7 2015 17 2016 16.4 2017 15.9 2018 15.4 2019 14.9 2020 14.4 2021 13.9 2022 13.5