Year per 1,000 live births 1960 120.9 1961 116.4 1962 110.5 1963 103.6 1964 96.9 1965 91.5 1966 87.1 1967 83.7 1968 80.7 1969 77.5 1970 73.5 1971 69 1972 63.4 1973 57.7 1974 52.8 1975 48.2 1976 43.9 1977 39.9 1978 36.1 1979 33.2 1980 30.8 1981 28.7 1982 26.9 1983 25.3 1984 24 1985 22.8 1986 21.5 1987 20.2 1988 18.9 1989 17.6 1990 16.4 1991 15.1 1992 13.8 1993 12.6 1994 11.6 1995 10.8 1996 10.1 1997 9.5 1998 9 1999 8.4 2000 7.9 2001 7.2 2002 6.6 2003 6 2004 5.5 2005 5.1 2006 4.8 2007 4.5 2008 4.4 2009 4.3 2010 4.2 2011 4.1 2012 4 2013 4 2014 4 2015 4 2016 4 2017 3.9 2018 3.9 2019 3.8 2020 3.7 2021 3.5 2022 3.4