Year per 1,000 live births 1960 161.7 1961 157.7 1962 154 1963 150.7 1964 147.8 1965 145.3 1966 143.4 1967 142 1968 141 1969 140.4 1970 156.9 1971 197.4 1972 140.2 1973 140 1974 139.4 1975 138.4 1976 137.4 1977 135.8 1978 133.9 1979 131.6 1980 128.9 1981 126 1982 122.8 1983 119.5 1984 115.7 1985 111.8 1986 107.8 1987 104 1988 100.5 1989 96.8 1990 93.3 1991 89.6 1992 86.1 1993 82.4 1994 78.9 1995 75.1 1996 71.4 1997 68 1998 64.7 1999 61.5 2000 58.5 2001 55.7 2002 52.9 2003 50.4 2004 48 2005 45.7 2006 43.5 2007 41.4 2008 39.5 2009 37.7 2010 36.2 2011 34.7 2012 33.3 2013 32 2014 30.7 2015 29.5 2016 28.3 2017 27.2 2018 26.1 2019 25.1 2020 24.2 2021 23.3 2022 22.5