Year per 1,000 live births 1960 165.6 1961 161.9 1962 158.7 1963 155.9 1964 153.1 1965 149.7 1966 145.7 1967 141 1968 135.8 1969 130.7 1970 126.1 1971 122.1 1972 118.9 1973 116.7 1974 115.2 1975 114.3 1976 113.7 1977 112.9 1978 111.8 1979 110 1980 107.7 1981 105 1982 101.8 1983 98.4 1984 94.9 1985 91.7 1986 88.9 1987 86.7 1988 85.4 1989 84.8 1990 84.9 1991 85.7 1992 86.8 1993 88.1 1994 89.4 1995 90.2 1996 90.7 1997 90.8 1998 90.3 1999 89.3 2000 87.8 2001 86 2002 84 2003 81.9 2004 79.9 2005 78.3 2006 76.4 2007 74.8 2008 72.9 2009 71.3 2010 68.8 2011 66.8 2012 64.5 2013 62 2014 60.1 2015 57.8 2016 56.2 2017 54.3 2018 52.7 2019 51.4 2020 49.9 2021 48.3 2022 47