Year per 1,000 live births 1960 182.7 1961 176.5 1962 170.2 1963 163.9 1964 157.9 1965 152.4 1966 147.7 1967 143.4 1968 139.3 1969 135.5 1970 131.8 1971 128.4 1972 125.1 1973 121.7 1974 118.3 1975 114.7 1976 110.8 1977 107 1978 103 1979 99 1980 95 1981 90.9 1982 86.7 1983 82.6 1984 78.6 1985 74.8 1986 71.2 1987 67.9 1988 64.7 1989 61.6 1990 58.5 1991 55.6 1992 52.7 1993 49.9 1994 47.1 1995 44.4 1996 41.8 1997 39.3 1998 36.8 1999 34.5 2000 32.3 2001 30.2 2002 28.2 2003 26.3 2004 24.5 2005 22.8 2006 21.3 2007 19.9 2008 18.5 2009 17.3 2010 16.2 2011 15.1 2012 14.2 2013 13.5 2014 12.8 2015 12.1 2016 11.5 2017 11 2018 10.5 2019 10.1 2020 9.7 2021 9.2 2022 8.9