Year per 1,000 live births 1960 135.8 1961 128.7 1962 122.4 1963 116.5 1964 111.1 1965 106.1 1966 101.4 1967 97 1968 92.9 1969 89.1 1970 85.5 1971 82 1972 78.8 1973 75.8 1974 72.8 1975 70.1 1976 67.4 1977 64.9 1978 62.6 1979 60.4 1980 58.5 1981 56.6 1982 54.9 1983 53.4 1984 51.9 1985 50.6 1986 49.3 1987 48.2 1988 47.1 1989 46.2 1990 45.4 1991 44.7 1992 43.9 1993 43.2 1994 42.6 1995 42 1996 41.3 1997 40.7 1998 40 1999 39.3 2000 38.6 2001 37.9 2002 37.2 2003 36.5 2004 35.9 2005 35.2 2006 34.4 2007 33.7 2008 32.9 2009 32.1 2010 31.2 2011 30.3 2012 29.5 2013 28.6 2014 27.8 2015 27 2016 26.2 2017 25.4 2018 24.7 2019 24 2020 23.3 2021 22.6 2022 21.9