Year per 1,000 live births 1960 174.8 1961 171.9 1962 168.7 1963 165.3 1964 161.9 1965 157.9 1966 153.7 1967 148.9 1968 143.8 1969 138 1970 131.8 1971 125.3 1972 118.7 1973 112 1974 105.5 1975 99.4 1976 94 1977 89.2 1978 85.4 1979 82.5 1980 80.4 1981 79.2 1982 78.4 1983 77.7 1984 76.5 1985 74.7 1986 71.9 1987 68.4 1988 64.7 1989 61.4 1990 58.7 1991 56.9 1992 55.9 1993 55.3 1994 54.5 1995 53.1 1996 50.5 1997 46.9 1998 42.6 1999 38.3 2000 34.4 2001 31.4 2002 29.3 2003 27.9 2004 27.3 2005 27.1 2006 27.2 2007 27.1 2008 26.9 2009 26.3 2010 25.4 2011 24.2 2012 22.8 2013 21.3 2014 19.8 2015 18.3 2016 17 2017 15.9 2018 14.9 2019 14.1 2020 13.4 2021 12.8 2022 12.3