Year per 1,000 live births 1960 175.7 1961 171.5 1962 167.9 1963 164.7 1964 161.6 1965 157.8 1966 153.7 1967 149 1968 143.8 1969 138.6 1970 133.8 1971 129.8 1972 126.8 1973 124.9 1974 123.6 1975 122.9 1976 122.5 1977 122 1978 120.9 1979 119.2 1980 116.9 1981 114 1982 110.7 1983 107.1 1984 103.6 1985 100.2 1986 97.2 1987 94.9 1988 93.4 1989 92.5 1990 92.6 1991 93.5 1992 94.8 1993 96.3 1994 97.8 1995 98.8 1996 99.3 1997 99.2 1998 98.6 1999 97.4 2000 95.7 2001 93.7 2002 91.4 2003 89.3 2004 87.2 2005 85.5 2006 83.5 2007 81.8 2008 79.8 2009 78.1 2010 75.4 2011 73.3 2012 70.8 2013 68.1 2014 66 2015 63.5 2016 61.7 2017 59.7 2018 57.9 2019 56.6 2020 54.9 2021 53.2 2022 51.8