Year per 1,000 live births 1960 193.6 1961 188.6 1962 183.2 1963 178.3 1964 173.4 1965 169.1 1966 164.8 1967 160.8 1968 156.6 1969 152.5 1970 148.4 1971 144 1972 139.3 1973 134.6 1974 129.8 1975 124.9 1976 119.8 1977 115.2 1978 111 1979 107.5 1980 104.6 1981 102.4 1982 100.3 1983 98.6 1984 97 1985 96.2 1986 95.3 1987 94.9 1988 94.5 1989 94.3 1990 94.2 1991 94.3 1992 94.2 1993 93.8 1994 93.1 1995 92.2 1996 91 1997 89.6 1998 88 1999 86.2 2000 84.2 2001 82.2 2002 80 2003 77.8 2004 75.6 2005 73.1 2006 71.1 2007 68.7 2008 66.4 2009 64.6 2010 62.8 2011 61.3 2012 59.6 2013 57.9 2014 56.2 2015 54.8 2016 53.6 2017 52.2 2018 50.8 2019 49.3 2020 48 2021 46.8 2022 45.6