Year per 1,000 live births 1960 103.9 1961 102.2 1962 100.6 1963 99 1964 97.5 1965 96.2 1966 95.3 1967 94.7 1968 94.5 1969 94.4 1970 95.4 1971 97.2 1972 95.1 1973 95.2 1974 95.3 1975 95.1 1976 94.7 1977 94 1978 92.9 1979 91.4 1980 89.7 1981 87.5 1982 85.1 1983 82.6 1984 80 1985 77.5 1986 75.1 1987 72.8 1988 70.5 1989 68.3 1990 66.1 1991 63.8 1992 61.5 1993 59.2 1994 56.9 1995 54.6 1996 52.5 1997 50.3 1998 48.3 1999 46.3 2000 44.3 2001 42.5 2002 40.7 2003 39.1 2004 37.5 2005 36.1 2006 34.7 2007 33.3 2008 32 2009 30.7 2010 29.5 2011 28.4 2012 27.3 2013 26.2 2014 25.1 2015 24.1 2016 23 2017 21.8 2018 20.7 2019 19.7 2020 18.8 2021 18.1 2022 17.4