Year per 1,000 live births 1960 167.3 1961 164.3 1962 161.2 1963 157.7 1964 154.5 1965 150.8 1966 146.5 1967 141.8 1968 136.7 1969 131.1 1970 125.1 1971 118.7 1972 112.2 1973 105.5 1974 99.2 1975 93.4 1976 88 1977 83.3 1978 79.4 1979 76.6 1980 74.5 1981 73.5 1982 72.9 1983 72.3 1984 71.4 1985 69.8 1986 67.1 1987 63.8 1988 60.3 1989 57.1 1990 54.5 1991 52.8 1992 51.9 1993 51.4 1994 50.6 1995 49.2 1996 46.8 1997 43.4 1998 39.4 1999 35.3 2000 31.6 2001 28.7 2002 26.8 2003 25.6 2004 25 2005 24.8 2006 24.8 2007 24.8 2008 24.5 2009 23.9 2010 23 2011 21.8 2012 20.6 2013 19.2 2014 17.9 2015 16.5 2016 15.3 2017 14.3 2018 13.4 2019 12.7 2020 12.1 2021 11.6 2022 11.1