Year per 1,000 live births 1960 208.2 1961 206.1 1962 204.3 1963 202.1 1964 199.8 1965 197.3 1966 194.6 1967 191.8 1968 188.6 1969 185.1 1970 181.2 1971 176.9 1972 197.5 1973 166.4 1974 160.2 1975 153.2 1976 145.9 1977 138.2 1978 130.4 1979 122.8 1980 115.7 1981 109.1 1982 103.1 1983 97.7 1984 92.9 1985 88.7 1986 85 1987 81.6 1988 78.5 1989 75.3 1990 72 1991 68.8 1992 65.6 1993 62.3 1994 59 1995 55.8 1996 52.8 1997 49.9 1998 54.4 1999 44.6 2000 42.2 2001 40 2002 38 2003 36.1 2004 34.4 2005 32.8 2006 31.2 2007 29.8 2008 28.5 2009 27.3 2010 26.2 2011 25.1 2012 24.1 2013 23.2 2014 22.3 2015 21.5 2016 20.7 2017 20 2018 19.3 2019 18.7 2020 18.1 2021 17.5 2022 16.9