Year per 1,000 live births 1960 249.3 1961 242.2 1962 234.9 1963 227.3 1964 220.1 1965 213.1 1966 206.3 1967 200 1968 194.1 1969 188.6 1970 183.2 1971 177.4 1972 171.7 1973 165.8 1974 159.8 1975 153.7 1976 147.7 1977 141.6 1978 135.6 1979 129.6 1980 123.6 1981 117.7 1982 111.9 1983 106.1 1984 100.5 1985 95.1 1986 90 1987 85 1988 80.3 1989 75.8 1990 71.5 1991 67.1 1992 62.9 1993 58.9 1994 55.1 1995 51.4 1996 47.9 1997 44.6 1998 41.5 1999 38.5 2000 35.7 2001 33.1 2002 30.7 2003 28.4 2004 26.3 2005 24.4 2006 22.6 2007 21 2008 19.5 2009 18.2 2010 17 2011 16 2012 15 2013 14 2014 13.2 2015 12.5 2016 11.9 2017 11.3 2018 10.8 2019 10.2 2020 9.8 2021 9.3 2022 8.9