Year per 1,000 live births 1960 175.1 1961 170.8 1962 166.8 1963 163.3 1964 160.3 1965 157.7 1966 155.6 1967 154 1968 153 1969 152.3 1970 168.7 1971 209.1 1972 151.7 1973 151.4 1974 150.7 1975 149.5 1976 148 1977 146 1978 143.6 1979 140.9 1980 137.9 1981 134.7 1982 131.4 1983 127.9 1984 124.2 1985 120.4 1986 116.6 1987 112.8 1988 108.9 1989 105 1990 101.1 1991 97.1 1992 93.1 1993 89.2 1994 85.2 1995 81.3 1996 77.4 1997 73.6 1998 69.9 1999 66.4 2000 63 2001 59.9 2002 57 2003 54.3 2004 51.7 2005 49.3 2006 47 2007 44.8 2008 42.7 2009 40.7 2010 38.9 2011 37.2 2012 35.6 2013 34.1 2014 32.7 2015 31.4 2016 30.1 2017 28.9 2018 27.8 2019 26.7 2020 25.7 2021 24.9 2022 24.1