Year per 1,000 live births 1960 107.4 1961 103.1 1962 99 1963 95.3 1964 110.7 1965 88.7 1966 85.4 1967 82.1 1968 78.6 1969 75.2 1970 71.7 1971 68.4 1972 65.1 1973 62.1 1974 59.1 1975 56.2 1976 53.4 1977 50.7 1978 48.2 1979 45.8 1980 43.6 1981 41.7 1982 39.9 1983 38.3 1984 36.8 1985 35.4 1986 34.1 1987 32.9 1988 31.7 1989 30.7 1990 29.8 1991 28.9 1992 28 1993 27 1994 26.1 1995 25.3 1996 24.4 1997 23.6 1998 22.8 1999 22 2000 21.2 2001 20.5 2002 20 2003 19.6 2004 19.4 2005 19.2 2006 19.2 2007 19.2 2008 19.3 2009 25.4 2010 19.3 2011 19.2 2012 19.1 2013 18.9 2014 18.7 2015 18.5 2016 18.4 2017 18.1 2018 17.8 2019 20.3 2020 17.1 2021 16.6 2022 16.1