Year per 1,000 live births 1960 158.4 1961 153.2 1962 148.6 1963 144.2 1964 140.3 1965 136.4 1966 132.7 1967 128.8 1968 124.8 1969 120.6 1970 116.2 1971 111.6 1972 106.9 1973 102.2 1974 97.4 1975 92.2 1976 86.8 1977 81.2 1978 75.9 1979 71 1980 66.5 1981 62.4 1982 58.8 1983 55.6 1984 52.7 1985 49.8 1986 47.3 1987 45.1 1988 43.5 1989 43.3 1990 44.6 1991 47.5 1992 51.5 1993 56.2 1994 61.1 1995 66.2 1996 66 1997 69.5 1998 71.8 1999 73.1 2000 73.9 2001 72.9 2002 71.1 2003 70.6 2004 69.7 2005 65.5 2006 61.2 2007 59.5 2008 59 2009 56.4 2010 54.1 2011 54 2012 49.7 2013 46.8 2014 46 2015 44.3 2016 43.1 2017 40.3 2018 39.9 2019 38.8 2020 37.5 2021 36.1 2022 35.1