Year per 1,000 live births 1964 100.1 1965 99.5 1966 98.7 1967 98.3 1968 98.1 1969 97.9 1970 97.6 1971 97.4 1972 96.7 1973 95.8 1974 94.7 1975 93.5 1976 92.2 1977 90.7 1978 88.8 1979 86.4 1980 83.5 1981 80.4 1982 77.5 1983 74.9 1984 73 1985 71.8 1986 71.1 1987 70.4 1988 69.5 1989 68.3 1990 66.8 1991 65.1 1992 63.6 1993 62.3 1994 60.8 1995 59.2 1996 57.4 1997 55.8 1998 54.2 1999 52.6 2000 50.9 2001 49.2 2002 47.6 2003 46.1 2004 44.8 2005 43.7 2006 42.8 2007 42 2008 41.3 2009 40.6 2010 39.8 2011 39.1 2012 38.4 2013 37.8 2014 37.3 2015 36.8 2016 36.2 2017 35.7 2018 35.2 2019 34.6 2020 33.9 2021 33.4 2022 32.7