Year per 1,000 live births 1960 106.8 1961 103 1962 99.5 1963 96.2 1964 93.1 1965 90 1966 87.1 1967 84.3 1968 81.8 1969 79.5 1970 77.5 1971 75.5 1972 73.5 1973 71.9 1974 70.3 1975 68.8 1976 67.3 1977 65.7 1978 64.3 1979 63 1980 61.6 1981 60.2 1982 58.9 1983 57.5 1984 56.2 1985 54.9 1986 53.9 1987 53.2 1988 52.9 1989 53 1990 53.5 1991 54.4 1992 55.7 1993 57.2 1994 59 1995 60.9 1996 62.9 1997 64.7 1998 66 1999 66.5 2000 66 2001 64.5 2002 62.1 2003 59 2004 55.3 2005 51.6 2006 48.1 2007 45 2008 42.3 2009 40.3 2010 38.8 2011 37.6 2012 36.6 2013 35.7 2014 34.7 2015 33.8 2016 32.9 2017 32 2018 31.1 2019 32.2 2020 29.4 2021 28.7 2022 27.8