Year per 1,000 live births 1960 139.9 1961 137.2 1962 134.5 1963 131.7 1964 129.1 1965 126.1 1966 123 1967 119.8 1968 116.8 1969 114.4 1970 113 1971 112.2 1972 112.1 1973 112.4 1974 112.6 1975 112 1976 110.7 1977 108.9 1978 106.5 1979 104.1 1980 101.8 1981 99.5 1982 97.1 1983 94.7 1984 91.8 1985 88.7 1986 85.7 1987 83 1988 80.7 1989 79 1990 77.8 1991 77.1 1992 76.6 1993 76.3 1994 75.9 1995 75.5 1996 74.9 1997 74.1 1998 72.8 1999 71.2 2000 69.2 2001 66.7 2002 63.9 2003 60.9 2004 58 2005 55.1 2006 52.5 2007 50.3 2008 48.4 2009 47 2010 45.7 2011 44.7 2012 43.7 2013 42.8 2014 41.9 2015 41 2016 40.1 2017 39.1 2018 38.2 2019 37.3 2020 36.4 2021 35.5 2022 34.6