Year per 1,000 live births 1960 149.4 1961 145.5 1962 141.9 1963 138.3 1964 134.7 1965 144.8 1966 127.5 1967 123.8 1968 120.2 1969 116.8 1970 113.4 1971 110.1 1972 106.9 1973 103.8 1974 100.8 1975 97.9 1976 95.1 1977 92.5 1978 89.9 1979 87.5 1980 85.1 1981 82.7 1982 80.4 1983 78.1 1984 75.8 1985 73.5 1986 71.1 1987 68.8 1988 66.5 1989 64.1 1990 61.7 1991 59.3 1992 56.9 1993 54.7 1994 52.5 1995 50.4 1996 48.3 1997 46.3 1998 44.5 1999 42.6 2000 40.9 2001 39.3 2002 37.7 2003 36.2 2004 36.9 2005 33.5 2006 32.3 2007 31 2008 29.9 2009 28.9 2010 27.8 2011 26.8 2012 25.8 2013 24.9 2014 24 2015 23.1 2016 22.3 2017 21.5 2018 20.7 2019 20 2020 19.4 2021 18.7 2022 18.1