Year per 1,000 live births 1960 109.2 1961 106.4 1962 103.6 1963 100.5 1964 97.4 1965 94.3 1966 91.2 1967 88.1 1968 85.1 1969 82.1 1970 79.2 1971 76.4 1972 73.7 1973 71 1974 68.5 1975 66.2 1976 63.8 1977 61.5 1978 59 1979 56.6 1980 54 1981 51.3 1982 48.6 1983 45.9 1984 43.2 1985 40.8 1986 38.6 1987 36.7 1988 34.9 1989 33.4 1990 32.1 1991 30.9 1992 29.9 1993 29 1994 28.3 1995 27.7 1996 27.2 1997 26.7 1998 26.3 1999 25.9 2000 25.5 2001 25.2 2002 24.9 2003 24.6 2004 24.3 2005 24 2006 23.6 2007 23.1 2008 22.5 2009 21.8 2010 21.1 2011 20.5 2012 20 2013 19.6 2014 19.2 2015 19 2016 18.7 2017 18.5 2018 18.3 2019 17.9 2020 17.5 2021 17 2022 16.6