Year per 1,000 live births 1960 136.2 1961 136.3 1962 136.7 1963 137.1 1964 137.4 1965 137.7 1966 137.6 1967 137.1 1968 136.4 1969 135.4 1970 133.9 1971 131.9 1972 129.4 1973 126.6 1974 123.5 1975 120.1 1976 116.2 1977 112.1 1978 108.3 1979 104.8 1980 101.9 1981 99.3 1982 97 1983 94.6 1984 92.1 1985 89.3 1986 86.2 1987 83 1988 80.2 1989 78.1 1990 76.7 1991 76 1992 75.9 1993 76.1 1994 76.6 1995 77.2 1996 77.6 1997 77.5 1998 77.1 1999 76 2000 74.2 2001 71.7 2002 68.7 2003 65.4 2004 62.1 2005 58.9 2006 56.1 2007 53.6 2008 51.3 2009 49.3 2010 47.5 2011 45.8 2012 44.2 2013 42.7 2014 41.2 2015 39.7 2016 38.3 2017 36.9 2018 35.6 2019 34.5 2020 33.4 2021 32.5 2022 31.6