Year per 1,000 live births 1960 167.1 1961 161.9 1962 157 1963 152.6 1964 148.7 1965 144.7 1966 140.9 1967 136.9 1968 132.8 1969 128.5 1970 123.9 1971 119.1 1972 114.3 1973 109.5 1974 104.5 1975 99.1 1976 93.5 1977 87.9 1978 82.4 1979 77.3 1980 72.7 1981 68.5 1982 64.8 1983 61.3 1984 58.1 1985 55.2 1986 52.4 1987 50 1988 48.3 1989 48 1990 49.2 1991 52.1 1992 56 1993 60.7 1994 65.6 1995 70.7 1996 70.3 1997 73.8 1998 75.9 1999 77.1 2000 77.8 2001 76.5 2002 74.8 2003 74.4 2004 73.6 2005 69.4 2006 65.3 2007 64 2008 63.5 2009 61.1 2010 58.7 2011 58.7 2012 54.2 2013 51.3 2014 50.4 2015 48.6 2016 47.4 2017 44.3 2018 43.7 2019 42.6 2020 41.3 2021 39.9 2022 38.7