Year per 1,000 live births 1960 146.8 1961 142.6 1962 138 1963 133.4 1964 128.7 1965 123.9 1966 119 1967 114.3 1968 109.8 1969 105.2 1970 100.9 1971 96.7 1972 92.7 1973 88.8 1974 85.1 1975 81.6 1976 78.1 1977 74.7 1978 71.2 1979 67.4 1980 63.7 1981 59.8 1982 56 1983 52.2 1984 48.7 1985 45.5 1986 42.6 1987 40.1 1988 37.9 1989 36 1990 34.5 1991 33.1 1992 31.9 1993 30.9 1994 30.1 1995 29.4 1996 28.8 1997 28.3 1998 27.9 1999 27.5 2000 27.1 2001 26.8 2002 26.4 2003 26.2 2004 26 2005 25.6 2006 25.2 2007 24.6 2008 24 2009 23.2 2010 22.4 2011 21.7 2012 21 2013 20.4 2014 20 2015 19.6 2016 19.4 2017 19.1 2018 18.7 2019 18.3 2020 17.9 2021 17.4 2022 16.9