Year per 1,000 live births 1960 128.4 1961 128.3 1962 128.5 1963 128.8 1964 129.1 1965 129.3 1966 129.2 1967 128.9 1968 128.2 1969 127.2 1970 125.8 1971 123.9 1972 121.6 1973 118.9 1974 115.9 1975 112.5 1976 108.8 1977 104.9 1978 101.2 1979 97.9 1980 95 1981 92.6 1982 90.4 1983 88.1 1984 85.7 1985 83 1986 80 1987 77 1988 74.4 1989 72.4 1990 71 1991 70.3 1992 70.1 1993 70.2 1994 70.6 1995 71 1996 71.2 1997 71.1 1998 70.6 1999 69.5 2000 67.7 2001 65.2 2002 62.2 2003 59.1 2004 56.1 2005 53.1 2006 50.5 2007 48.2 2008 46.1 2009 44.3 2010 42.6 2011 41.1 2012 39.6 2013 38.2 2014 36.9 2015 35.5 2016 34.2 2017 33 2018 31.9 2019 30.9 2020 29.9 2021 29 2022 28.2