Year per 1,000 live births 1960 140.1 1961 137 1962 133.9 1963 130.8 1964 128 1965 125.3 1966 122.8 1967 120.5 1968 118.2 1969 115.7 1970 113.2 1971 110.6 1972 107.9 1973 105.3 1974 102.6 1975 99.8 1976 97 1977 94.1 1978 91 1979 87.6 1980 84.2 1981 80.8 1982 77.5 1983 74.3 1984 71.6 1985 69 1986 66.6 1987 64.3 1988 62.1 1989 60 1990 57.9 1991 55.6 1992 53.2 1993 50.6 1994 48 1995 45.3 1996 42.8 1997 40.3 1998 38 1999 35.8 2000 33.7 2001 31.7 2002 29.7 2003 27.9 2004 26.1 2005 24.5 2006 23 2007 21.6 2008 20.4 2009 19.4 2010 18.5 2011 17.8 2012 17.1 2013 16.6 2014 16.2 2015 15.8 2016 16.6 2017 15.2 2018 14.9 2019 14.7 2020 14.4 2021 14.2 2022 13.9