Year per 1,000 live births 1960 193.9 1961 186.4 1962 179.5 1963 173.1 1964 167.2 1965 161.4 1966 155.7 1967 150.3 1968 145.4 1969 141 1970 136.8 1971 133 1972 129.4 1973 126.4 1974 123.1 1975 120.2 1976 117.5 1977 114.6 1978 111.8 1979 109.3 1980 106.8 1981 104.3 1982 101.7 1983 99 1984 96.4 1985 94.1 1986 92.2 1987 90.9 1988 90.2 1989 90.2 1990 91 1991 92.6 1992 94.9 1993 97.8 1994 101.1 1995 104.6 1996 108.3 1997 111.5 1998 113.8 1999 114.5 2000 113.3 2001 110.2 2002 105.5 2003 99.6 2004 93 2005 86.2 2006 79.8 2007 74.1 2008 69.2 2009 65.3 2010 62.3 2011 60 2012 58.1 2013 56.4 2014 54.6 2015 52.9 2016 51 2017 49.3 2018 47.8 2019 52.4 2020 44.7 2021 43.2 2022 41.6