Year per 1,000 live births 1962 182.1 1963 173.7 1964 165.3 1965 157.3 1966 149.6 1967 142.4 1968 135.4 1969 128.6 1970 122.1 1971 116.1 1972 110.4 1973 104.7 1974 99.1 1975 93.4 1976 87.9 1977 82.6 1978 77.6 1979 73 1980 68.9 1981 65.3 1982 61.9 1983 58.8 1984 56 1985 53.4 1986 50.9 1987 48.6 1988 46.6 1989 44.7 1990 43 1991 41.3 1992 39.6 1993 37.8 1994 36 1995 34 1996 32 1997 30 1998 28.1 1999 26.2 2000 24.5 2001 23 2002 21.6 2003 20.4 2004 19.4 2005 18.5 2006 17.8 2007 17.2 2008 16.7 2009 16.4 2010 16.1 2011 16 2012 15.8 2013 15.6 2014 15.4 2015 15.1 2016 14.7 2017 14 2018 13.3 2019 12.4 2020 11.5 2021 10.6 2022 9.9