Year per 1,000 live births 1962 169.3 1963 161.1 1964 153.5 1965 146.1 1966 139 1967 132.3 1968 125.7 1969 119.2 1970 113.2 1971 107.6 1972 102.2 1973 97 1974 91.8 1975 86.5 1976 81.4 1977 76.5 1978 72 1979 67.8 1980 64 1981 60.5 1982 57.4 1983 54.4 1984 51.6 1985 49.1 1986 46.7 1987 44.6 1988 42.7 1989 40.9 1990 39.2 1991 37.5 1992 35.9 1993 34.2 1994 32.4 1995 30.6 1996 28.7 1997 26.8 1998 25.1 1999 23.4 2000 21.9 2001 20.5 2002 19.4 2003 18.3 2004 17.4 2005 16.6 2006 16 2007 15.5 2008 15.1 2009 14.8 2010 14.6 2011 14.5 2012 14.3 2013 14.2 2014 14 2015 13.7 2016 13.3 2017 12.8 2018 12.1 2019 11.3 2020 10.4 2021 9.6 2022 9