Year per 1,000 live births 1960 124.3 1961 120 1962 116.1 1963 112.5 1964 109.3 1965 106.2 1966 103.2 1967 100 1968 97.2 1969 94.6 1970 92.2 1971 90.1 1972 88.1 1973 86.2 1974 84.3 1975 82.5 1976 80.9 1977 79.3 1978 77.7 1979 76.1 1980 74.7 1981 73.3 1982 71.7 1983 70.1 1984 68.5 1985 67.1 1986 65.9 1987 65.2 1988 64.7 1989 64.6 1990 65.1 1991 66 1992 67.3 1993 69 1994 70.9 1995 73 1996 75 1997 76.9 1998 78.2 1999 78.4 2000 77.7 2001 75.7 2002 72.8 2003 69.3 2004 65.5 2005 61.5 2006 57.8 2007 54.4 2008 51.5 2009 49.1 2010 47.3 2011 45.9 2012 44.8 2013 43.7 2014 42.6 2015 41.5 2016 40.4 2017 39.4 2018 38.3 2019 39.2 2020 36.4 2021 35.4 2022 34.4