Year per 1,000 live births 1960 122.9 1961 119.6 1962 116.6 1963 113.7 1964 111.1 1965 108.7 1966 106.2 1967 103.5 1968 100.8 1969 97.9 1970 94.8 1971 91.6 1972 88.4 1973 85.2 1974 81.8 1975 78.1 1976 74.3 1977 70.6 1978 66.8 1979 63.4 1980 60.3 1981 57.4 1982 54.7 1983 52.3 1984 49.9 1985 47.7 1986 45.5 1987 43.4 1988 41.8 1989 40.9 1990 40.8 1991 41.4 1992 42.3 1993 43.3 1994 44.5 1995 45.8 1996 44.5 1997 44.5 1998 43.9 1999 43.2 2000 41.8 2001 40.8 2002 41.5 2003 43 2004 44.6 2005 43.5 2006 44.7 2007 47.9 2008 49.7 2009 49.4 2010 49.6 2011 50.3 2012 46 2013 44.1 2014 44 2015 42.5 2016 41.6 2017 38.7 2018 37.5 2019 36.5 2020 35.8 2021 35.2 2022 34.2