Year per 1,000 live births 1960 147.8 1961 144.5 1962 141.2 1963 138 1964 134.9 1965 131.8 1966 128.7 1967 125.5 1968 122.3 1969 119.2 1970 116.1 1971 113.1 1972 110 1973 106.9 1974 103.8 1975 100.8 1976 107.3 1977 94.8 1978 91.8 1979 88.9 1980 86 1981 83.1 1982 89.2 1983 77.5 1984 74.7 1985 72 1986 69.4 1987 66.8 1988 64.2 1989 61.8 1990 59.5 1991 57.2 1992 55.1 1993 53 1994 51.1 1995 49.2 1996 47.4 1997 45.7 1998 44 1999 42.5 2000 41 2001 39.6 2002 38.2 2003 36.9 2004 35.6 2005 34.4 2006 33.1 2007 32 2008 30.8 2009 29.7 2010 28.6 2011 27.6 2012 26.5 2013 25.6 2014 24.6 2015 23.7 2016 23 2017 22.2 2018 21.5 2019 20.8 2020 20.1 2021 19.4 2022 18.8