Year per 1,000 live births 1960 175.4 1961 172.2 1962 169 1963 165.9 1964 162.7 1965 159.6 1966 156.4 1967 153.1 1968 149.9 1969 146.6 1970 143.3 1971 140 1972 136.7 1973 133.2 1974 129.8 1975 126.3 1976 122.9 1977 119.7 1978 116.6 1979 113.6 1980 110.9 1981 108.3 1982 105.8 1983 103.3 1984 100.8 1985 98.1 1986 95.4 1987 92.6 1988 89.7 1989 86.9 1990 84 1991 81.2 1992 78.4 1993 75.7 1994 72.9 1995 70.1 1996 67.3 1997 64.5 1998 61.6 1999 58.8 2000 55.9 2001 53.2 2002 50.5 2003 48 2004 45.6 2005 43.3 2006 41.1 2007 39 2008 37 2009 35.1 2010 33.3 2011 31.6 2012 30 2013 28.5 2014 27 2015 25.8 2016 24.7 2017 23.6 2018 22.7 2019 21.8 2020 21 2021 20.3 2022 19.6