Year per 1,000 live births 1960 128.5 1961 126.5 1962 124.6 1963 123 1964 121.7 1965 120.7 1966 120 1967 119.3 1968 118.4 1969 117 1970 115 1971 112.3 1972 109.2 1973 106.2 1974 103.7 1975 101.9 1976 101 1977 100.8 1978 101.1 1979 101.5 1980 102.1 1981 102.7 1982 103.5 1983 104.8 1984 106.8 1985 109 1986 111.2 1987 113.1 1988 114.5 1989 115.2 1990 115.3 1991 115.1 1992 114.5 1993 113.1 1994 111 1995 108.7 1996 106.5 1997 104.6 1998 102.6 1999 100.2 2000 96.7 2001 91.7 2002 85.8 2003 79.6 2004 73.1 2005 67.4 2006 63.5 2007 61.6 2008 59 2009 57.2 2010 55.4 2011 54.3 2012 53.3 2013 52 2014 51 2015 51.1 2016 49.3 2017 47.8 2018 47.2 2019 46 2020 44.6 2021 43.5 2022 42.5