Year per 1,000 live births 1960 131.9 1961 127.4 1962 122.9 1963 118.3 1964 113.9 1965 109.4 1966 105 1967 100.6 1968 96.5 1969 92.5 1970 88.5 1971 84.5 1972 80.6 1973 76.7 1974 72.9 1975 69.3 1976 66.1 1977 63.2 1978 60.7 1979 58.5 1980 56.5 1981 54.8 1982 53.3 1983 51.9 1984 50.8 1985 50 1986 49.3 1987 48.8 1988 48.4 1989 48 1990 47.6 1991 47.1 1992 46.5 1993 45.9 1994 45.1 1995 44.2 1996 43.2 1997 42 1998 40.9 1999 39.8 2000 38.7 2001 37.8 2002 37.1 2003 36.4 2004 35.7 2005 34.9 2006 34 2007 32.9 2008 31.6 2009 30.4 2010 29.2 2011 28.1 2012 27.1 2013 26.2 2014 25.3 2015 24.5 2016 23.8 2017 23 2018 22.2 2019 21.5 2020 20.8 2021 20.2 2022 19.5