Year per 1,000 live births 1960 153.9 1961 152.3 1962 150.6 1963 148.8 1964 146.9 1965 144.9 1966 142.8 1967 140.4 1968 137.9 1969 135.4 1970 132.8 1971 130.2 1972 127.6 1973 125.1 1974 122.5 1975 120 1976 117.4 1977 114.9 1978 112.5 1979 110.1 1980 107.7 1981 105.5 1982 103.4 1983 101.3 1984 99.4 1985 97.6 1986 96 1987 94.5 1988 93.1 1989 91.9 1990 90.8 1991 89.6 1992 88.6 1993 87.4 1994 86.2 1995 84.7 1996 83.1 1997 81.4 1998 79.5 1999 77.6 2000 75.6 2001 73.6 2002 71.7 2003 69.8 2004 68 2005 66.2 2006 64.6 2007 62.9 2008 61.3 2009 59.8 2010 58.2 2011 56.7 2012 55.2 2013 53.7 2014 52.2 2015 50.8 2016 49.4 2017 48.1 2018 46.8 2019 45.6 2020 44.4 2021 43.2 2022 42.1