Year per 1,000 live births 1960 139.1 1961 134.9 1962 130.8 1963 126.7 1964 122.8 1965 119 1966 115.3 1967 111.7 1968 108.1 1969 104.5 1970 100.9 1971 97.4 1972 93.9 1973 90.5 1974 96.6 1975 83.9 1976 80.7 1977 77.6 1978 74.6 1979 71.6 1980 68.7 1981 65.9 1982 63.2 1983 60.5 1984 58 1985 55.6 1986 53.3 1987 51.1 1988 49 1989 47 1990 45.1 1991 43.3 1992 41.5 1993 40 1994 38.4 1995 37 1996 35.6 1997 34.3 1998 42.1 1999 31.7 2000 30.5 2001 29.3 2002 28.1 2003 27 2004 25.9 2005 24.9 2006 24 2007 23.1 2008 22.3 2009 21.5 2010 20.8 2011 20.1 2012 19.4 2013 18.8 2014 18.1 2015 17.5 2016 16.9 2017 16.3 2018 15.8 2019 15.2 2020 14.7 2021 14.2 2022 13.8