Year per 1,000 live births 1960 121.9 1961 116.1 1962 110.7 1963 105.7 1964 101 1965 96.8 1966 92.8 1967 89.1 1968 85.5 1969 82.2 1970 79 1971 76.1 1972 73.6 1973 71.6 1974 69.9 1975 68.7 1976 67.9 1977 67 1978 66.2 1979 65.2 1980 64.2 1981 63 1982 61.6 1983 60 1984 58.4 1985 56.6 1986 55 1987 53.2 1988 51.4 1989 49.5 1990 47.7 1991 45.9 1992 44.3 1993 43 1994 42 1995 41.5 1996 41.4 1997 41.5 1998 41.9 1999 42.1 2000 42.3 2001 42.3 2002 42.2 2003 41.9 2004 41.5 2005 41.2 2006 40.9 2007 40.4 2008 40 2009 39.6 2010 39.1 2011 38.7 2012 38.1 2013 37.3 2014 36.4 2015 35.5 2016 34.5 2017 33.7 2018 32.7 2019 31.7 2020 30.7 2021 29.6 2022 28.6