Year per 1,000 live births 1960 122.3 1961 120.2 1962 118.4 1963 116.6 1964 114.8 1965 113.1 1966 111.3 1967 109.5 1968 107.9 1969 106.7 1970 105.8 1971 105.8 1972 106.4 1973 107.5 1974 109.2 1975 111.4 1976 114 1977 116.5 1978 118.8 1979 120.2 1980 121.3 1981 120.7 1982 118.7 1983 115.7 1984 112.7 1985 110 1986 107.5 1987 105.4 1988 103.6 1989 101.5 1990 99.4 1991 97.1 1992 95 1993 92.9 1994 91.1 1995 89.5 1996 88.1 1997 86.7 1998 85 1999 82.4 2000 79.3 2001 75.9 2002 72.1 2003 67.9 2004 63.7 2005 59.7 2006 56.1 2007 52.7 2008 49.6 2009 47.2 2010 44.7 2011 42.3 2012 39.9 2013 38.2 2014 36.6 2015 35.1 2016 33.5 2017 32.1 2018 30.6 2019 29.6 2020 28.6 2021 27.6 2022 26.8