Year per 1,000 live births 1960 128.7 1961 121.7 1962 115.6 1963 109.9 1964 104.6 1965 99.8 1966 95.2 1967 91 1968 87.1 1969 83.4 1970 80 1971 76.7 1972 73.6 1973 70.6 1974 67.8 1975 65.2 1976 62.7 1977 60.3 1978 58.1 1979 56.2 1980 54.3 1981 52.6 1982 51 1983 49.6 1984 48.2 1985 46.9 1986 45.7 1987 44.7 1988 43.7 1989 42.9 1990 42.1 1991 41.4 1992 40.7 1993 40.1 1994 39.4 1995 38.8 1996 38.2 1997 37.5 1998 36.9 1999 36.2 2000 35.6 2001 34.9 2002 34.3 2003 33.7 2004 33 2005 32.4 2006 31.7 2007 31 2008 30.2 2009 29.4 2010 28.6 2011 27.8 2012 27 2013 26.2 2014 25.4 2015 24.7 2016 23.9 2017 23.2 2018 22.5 2019 21.8 2020 21.2 2021 20.6 2022 20