Year per 1,000 live births 1960 146.8 1961 144.5 1962 142.1 1963 139.7 1964 137.2 1965 134.5 1966 131.8 1967 129.1 1968 126.4 1969 123.9 1970 121.7 1971 119.7 1972 117.8 1973 115.8 1974 113.6 1975 111 1976 108.1 1977 104.8 1978 101.4 1979 97.9 1980 94.4 1981 91 1982 87.6 1983 84.2 1984 80.8 1985 77.4 1986 74.3 1987 71.3 1988 68.5 1989 65.9 1990 63.5 1991 61.3 1992 59.1 1993 57.1 1994 55 1995 53 1996 51 1997 49.1 1998 47.4 1999 45.6 2000 44 2001 42.3 2002 40.6 2003 38.9 2004 37.2 2005 35.4 2006 33.6 2007 31.8 2008 30.1 2009 28.4 2010 26.8 2011 25.3 2012 23.9 2013 22.5 2014 21.3 2015 20.1 2016 19.1 2017 18.2 2018 17.4 2019 16.7 2020 16 2021 15.4 2022 14.8