Year per 1,000 live births 1960 183.3 1961 172.6 1962 162.6 1963 153.5 1964 145.1 1965 137.4 1966 130.2 1967 123.6 1968 117.5 1969 111.9 1970 106.5 1971 101.6 1972 96.9 1973 92.4 1974 88.1 1975 84 1976 80.2 1977 76.6 1978 73.3 1979 70.3 1980 67.5 1981 65 1982 62.6 1983 60.4 1984 58.4 1985 56.6 1986 54.8 1987 53.4 1988 52.1 1989 50.9 1990 49.8 1991 48.8 1992 47.9 1993 47.1 1994 46.1 1995 45.2 1996 44.3 1997 43.4 1998 42.5 1999 41.6 2000 40.7 2001 39.9 2002 39 2003 38.2 2004 37.4 2005 36.5 2006 35.6 2007 34.6 2008 33.6 2009 32.6 2010 31.6 2011 30.6 2012 29.6 2013 28.6 2014 27.6 2015 26.7 2016 25.8 2017 25 2018 24.1 2019 23.3 2020 22.6 2021 21.9 2022 21.2