Year per 1,000 live births 1960 101.8 1961 97.6 1962 94.1 1963 91.1 1964 88.7 1965 86.8 1966 85.3 1967 84.1 1968 83.2 1969 82.5 1970 82 1971 81.7 1972 81.5 1973 81.3 1974 81 1975 80.7 1976 80.2 1977 79.7 1978 79.2 1979 78.6 1980 78 1981 77.2 1982 76.5 1983 75.7 1984 74.9 1985 74.1 1986 73.1 1987 71.9 1988 70.6 1989 69.2 1990 67.7 1991 66.1 1992 64.4 1993 62.7 1994 61.1 1995 59.5 1996 58 1997 56.5 1998 54.9 1999 53.5 2000 52.1 2001 50.7 2002 49.5 2003 48.3 2004 47.3 2005 46.3 2006 45.4 2007 44.4 2008 43.5 2009 42.7 2010 41.8 2011 40.9 2012 40.1 2013 39.2 2014 38.2 2015 37.1 2016 35.9 2017 34.9 2018 34 2019 32.9 2020 31.8 2021 30.8 2022 29.8