Year per 1,000 live births 1960 159.4 1961 155.1 1962 150.6 1963 146 1964 141.7 1965 137.6 1966 133.7 1967 130 1968 126.5 1969 123.1 1970 119.9 1971 116.3 1972 112.8 1973 109.3 1974 105.7 1975 102 1976 98.4 1977 94.8 1978 91.1 1979 87.4 1980 83.8 1981 80.3 1982 76.8 1983 73.3 1984 69.9 1985 66.7 1986 63.6 1987 60.6 1988 57.7 1989 54.9 1990 52.3 1991 49.7 1992 47.1 1993 44.5 1994 42.1 1995 39.6 1996 37.3 1997 35.1 1998 33 1999 30.9 2000 29 2001 27.1 2002 25.3 2003 23.6 2004 22 2005 20.5 2006 19.1 2007 17.8 2008 16.6 2009 15.5 2010 14.5 2011 13.7 2012 12.9 2013 12 2014 11.3 2015 10.7 2016 10.2 2017 9.7 2018 9.2 2019 8.8 2020 8.3 2021 8 2022 7.6