Year per 1,000 live births 1960 157.5 1961 154.9 1962 152.2 1963 149.6 1964 146.8 1965 143.9 1966 141 1967 138.1 1968 135.3 1969 132.7 1970 130.2 1971 128 1972 125.9 1973 123.5 1974 120.9 1975 117.9 1976 114.5 1977 110.8 1978 107.3 1979 103.7 1980 100.2 1981 96.6 1982 93.1 1983 89.7 1984 86.3 1985 82.9 1986 79.7 1987 76.6 1988 73.7 1989 71.1 1990 68.6 1991 66.2 1992 64 1993 61.8 1994 59.6 1995 57.6 1996 55.5 1997 53.5 1998 51.7 1999 49.9 2000 48.1 2001 46.3 2002 44.5 2003 42.7 2004 40.8 2005 38.9 2006 36.9 2007 35 2008 33.1 2009 31.2 2010 29.5 2011 27.9 2012 26.3 2013 24.9 2014 23.5 2015 22.2 2016 21 2017 20 2018 19.1 2019 18.3 2020 17.6 2021 16.9 2022 16.3