Year per 1,000 live births 1960 158.1 1961 155 1962 152 1963 148.9 1964 146 1965 143 1966 139.9 1967 137 1968 133.9 1969 130.9 1970 127.9 1971 125.1 1972 122.2 1973 119.2 1974 116.2 1975 113.2 1976 110.4 1977 107.6 1978 105 1979 102.5 1980 100.1 1981 98 1982 96.2 1983 94.2 1984 92.3 1985 90.2 1986 87.6 1987 85 1988 82.3 1989 79.7 1990 77.2 1991 74.6 1992 72.1 1993 69.7 1994 67.2 1995 64.7 1996 62 1997 59.2 1998 56.6 1999 53.9 2000 51.2 2001 48.6 2002 46 2003 43.6 2004 41.4 2005 39.2 2006 37.1 2007 35.2 2008 33.4 2009 31.6 2010 30 2011 28.4 2012 27 2013 25.6 2014 24.3 2015 23.1 2016 22.1 2017 21.1 2018 20.3 2019 19.5 2020 18.8 2021 18.1 2022 17.5