Year per 1,000 live births 1962 279.5 1963 266.6 1964 253.8 1965 241.6 1966 229.4 1967 217.6 1968 206.1 1969 195.2 1970 184.9 1971 175 1972 165.4 1973 156.1 1974 147 1975 137.9 1976 129 1977 120.4 1978 112.3 1979 105 1980 98.5 1981 92.8 1982 87.4 1983 82.7 1984 78.4 1985 74.3 1986 70.3 1987 66.8 1988 63.8 1989 60.9 1990 58.4 1991 56 1992 53.6 1993 51 1994 48.3 1995 45.5 1996 42.6 1997 39.8 1998 37.1 1999 34.4 2000 32.1 2001 29.9 2002 28 2003 26.3 2004 24.9 2005 23.6 2006 22.6 2007 21.8 2008 21.2 2009 20.7 2010 20.4 2011 20.2 2012 20 2013 19.8 2014 19.5 2015 19.1 2016 18.5 2017 17.7 2018 16.7 2019 15.6 2020 14.4 2021 13.3 2022 12.4