Year per 1,000 live births 1960 126.1 1961 122.6 1962 118.9 1963 115.4 1964 112.1 1965 108.8 1966 105.6 1967 102.4 1968 99.2 1969 96.2 1970 93.3 1971 90.4 1972 87.7 1973 85.1 1974 82.6 1975 80.2 1976 78.1 1977 76 1978 74 1979 72.2 1980 70.4 1981 68.9 1982 67.4 1983 66 1984 64.7 1985 63.5 1986 62.4 1987 61.3 1988 60.3 1989 59.3 1990 58.4 1991 57.4 1992 56.5 1993 55.6 1994 54.8 1995 54 1996 53.2 1997 52.4 1998 51.7 1999 51 2000 50.3 2001 49.5 2002 48.8 2003 48 2004 47.2 2005 46.4 2006 45.5 2007 44.7 2008 43.8 2009 42.8 2010 41.8 2011 40.9 2012 40 2013 39.1 2014 38.1 2015 37.2 2016 36.3 2017 35.3 2018 34.3 2019 33.3 2020 32.4 2021 31.4 2022 30.5