Year per 1,000 live births 1960 140.7 1961 138.5 1962 136.3 1963 134.4 1964 132.5 1965 130.7 1966 129 1967 127.2 1968 125.6 1969 124.4 1970 123.8 1971 123.6 1972 124 1973 124.9 1974 126.5 1975 128.6 1976 130.9 1977 133.1 1978 135.1 1979 136.3 1980 137.2 1981 136.3 1982 133.7 1983 130.2 1984 126.7 1985 123.6 1986 121.2 1987 119.2 1988 117.7 1989 115.9 1990 113.7 1991 111.4 1992 108.9 1993 106.9 1994 105.2 1995 104.1 1996 103.3 1997 102 1998 100.1 1999 97.5 2000 94.4 2001 90.3 2002 85.9 2003 81.1 2004 76.2 2005 71.6 2006 67.3 2007 63.4 2008 59.8 2009 57.1 2010 54.2 2011 51.5 2012 48.7 2013 46.8 2014 44.9 2015 43.1 2016 41.3 2017 39.5 2018 37.8 2019 36.6 2020 35.4 2021 34.3 2022 33.3