Year per 1,000 live births 1960 191.3 1961 185.5 1962 179.6 1963 173.8 1964 168.2 1965 162.6 1966 157.3 1967 152.1 1968 146.9 1969 142 1970 137.2 1971 132.5 1972 128.1 1973 123.9 1974 119.8 1975 116.1 1976 112.5 1977 109.1 1978 106 1979 103.1 1980 100.3 1981 97.7 1982 95.3 1983 93.1 1984 90.9 1985 89 1986 87.3 1987 85.5 1988 83.8 1989 82.3 1990 80.7 1991 79.1 1992 77.6 1993 76.2 1994 74.8 1995 73.5 1996 72.3 1997 71.1 1998 69.9 1999 68.7 2000 67.6 2001 66.4 2002 65.2 2003 64 2004 62.8 2005 61.5 2006 60.2 2007 58.8 2008 57.4 2009 56 2010 54.6 2011 53.1 2012 51.8 2013 50.4 2014 49.1 2015 47.7 2016 46.4 2017 44.9 2018 43.5 2019 42 2020 40.6 2021 39.3 2022 38