Year per 1,000 live births 1960 114 1961 110.8 1962 107.9 1963 105.1 1964 102.7 1965 100.2 1966 97.9 1967 95.4 1968 92.7 1969 90 1970 87.1 1971 84.1 1972 81.1 1973 78 1974 74.8 1975 71.4 1976 67.8 1977 64.3 1978 60.8 1979 57.5 1980 54.6 1981 51.9 1982 49.5 1983 47.2 1984 45 1985 43 1986 41 1987 39.2 1988 37.7 1989 36.9 1990 36.8 1991 37.4 1992 38.3 1993 39.3 1994 40.4 1995 41.8 1996 40.6 1997 40.7 1998 40.1 1999 39.5 2000 38.3 2001 37.5 2002 38.1 2003 39.5 2004 41 2005 39.9 2006 41 2007 44.1 2008 45.7 2009 45.3 2010 45.6 2011 46.2 2012 42.2 2013 40.4 2014 40.3 2015 38.9 2016 38.1 2017 35.4 2018 34.3 2019 33.5 2020 32.7 2021 32.1 2022 31.2