Year per 1,000 live births 1960 121.2 1961 118.2 1962 115.5 1963 112.7 1964 109.8 1965 106.9 1966 104 1967 101 1968 98.2 1969 95.9 1970 94.4 1971 93.7 1972 93.5 1973 93.6 1974 93.6 1975 92.9 1976 91.7 1977 89.9 1978 87.7 1979 85.6 1980 83.5 1981 81.5 1982 79.5 1983 77.4 1984 75 1985 72.3 1986 69.7 1987 67.4 1988 65.6 1989 64.2 1990 63.3 1991 62.7 1992 62.3 1993 62 1994 61.6 1995 61.2 1996 60.6 1997 59.8 1998 58.8 1999 57.3 2000 55.5 2001 53.5 2002 51.3 2003 48.9 2004 46.5 2005 44.2 2006 42.2 2007 40.5 2008 39.1 2009 37.9 2010 37 2011 36.2 2012 35.5 2013 34.8 2014 34.1 2015 33.4 2016 32.6 2017 31.8 2018 31 2019 30.3 2020 29.5 2021 28.7 2022 28