Year per 1,000 live births 1960 115.8 1961 111.7 1962 108 1963 104.6 1964 101.5 1965 98.4 1966 95.3 1967 92.4 1968 89.7 1969 87.3 1970 85 1971 83 1972 81 1973 79.3 1974 77.4 1975 75.8 1976 74.3 1977 72.7 1978 71.2 1979 69.7 1980 68.3 1981 66.9 1982 65.5 1983 63.9 1984 62.5 1985 61.2 1986 60.1 1987 59.4 1988 58.9 1989 59 1990 59.4 1991 60.3 1992 61.6 1993 63.3 1994 65.1 1995 67.1 1996 69.1 1997 71 1998 72.3 1999 72.7 2000 72 2001 70.3 2002 67.6 2003 64.3 2004 60.5 2005 56.7 2006 53.1 2007 49.8 2008 47 2009 44.9 2010 43.2 2011 41.9 2012 40.8 2013 39.8 2014 38.8 2015 37.8 2016 36.7 2017 35.7 2018 34.8 2019 35.9 2020 33 2021 32.1 2022 31.2