Year per 1,000 live births 1960 176.6 1961 169.5 1962 162.6 1963 155.6 1964 148.7 1965 141.9 1966 135.3 1967 128.9 1968 122.6 1969 116.5 1970 110.6 1971 104.9 1972 99.2 1973 93.5 1974 88 1975 82.8 1976 78.2 1977 74.1 1978 70.5 1979 67.5 1980 64.8 1981 62.5 1982 60.5 1983 58.8 1984 57.4 1985 56.3 1986 55.5 1987 55 1988 54.6 1989 54.1 1990 53.6 1991 53 1992 52.2 1993 51.4 1994 50.4 1995 49.3 1996 48 1997 46.6 1998 45.2 1999 43.8 2000 42.5 2001 41.5 2002 40.6 2003 39.8 2004 38.9 2005 37.9 2006 36.8 2007 35.5 2008 34.1 2009 32.7 2010 31.3 2011 30.1 2012 28.9 2013 27.8 2014 26.8 2015 25.9 2016 25.1 2017 24.2 2018 23.3 2019 22.5 2020 21.7 2021 21 2022 20.4