Year per 1,000 live births 1960 191.9 1961 188.5 1962 185.1 1963 181.8 1964 178.5 1965 175.1 1966 171.7 1967 168.3 1968 164.9 1969 161.4 1970 158 1971 154.3 1972 150.4 1973 146.6 1974 142.7 1975 138.8 1976 134.9 1977 131.1 1978 127.5 1979 124.2 1980 121.1 1981 118 1982 115 1983 112 1984 108.9 1985 105.8 1986 102.9 1987 99.8 1988 96.8 1989 93.7 1990 90.5 1991 87.5 1992 84.4 1993 81.4 1994 78.3 1995 75.3 1996 72.4 1997 69.5 1998 66.4 1999 63.4 2000 60.4 2001 57.6 2002 54.8 2003 52.2 2004 49.6 2005 47.2 2006 44.8 2007 42.5 2008 40.4 2009 38.3 2010 36.4 2011 34.6 2012 32.8 2013 31.2 2014 29.7 2015 28.3 2016 27 2017 25.9 2018 25 2019 24 2020 23.1 2021 22.3 2022 21.6