Year per 1,000 live births 1960 119.8 1961 115.5 1962 111.3 1963 107 1964 102.8 1965 98.5 1966 94.3 1967 90.3 1968 86.3 1969 82.5 1970 78.7 1971 75.1 1972 71.4 1973 67.8 1974 64.3 1975 61 1976 58.1 1977 55.5 1978 53.2 1979 51.2 1980 49.5 1981 48 1982 46.7 1983 45.5 1984 44.6 1985 43.8 1986 43.3 1987 42.9 1988 42.7 1989 42.3 1990 42 1991 41.6 1992 41 1993 40.5 1994 39.8 1995 39 1996 38.1 1997 37.1 1998 36.1 1999 35.1 2000 34.2 2001 33.5 2002 32.9 2003 32.3 2004 31.6 2005 30.9 2006 30.1 2007 29.1 2008 28.1 2009 27 2010 26 2011 25.1 2012 24.2 2013 23.4 2014 22.6 2015 21.9 2016 21.2 2017 20.5 2018 19.8 2019 19.1 2020 18.5 2021 17.9 2022 17.4