Year per 1,000 live births 1960 117.4 1961 112.5 1962 107.6 1963 102.8 1964 98.4 1965 94.1 1966 90 1967 86 1968 82.1 1969 78.7 1970 75.4 1971 72.4 1972 69.6 1973 66.9 1974 64.5 1975 62.4 1976 60.5 1977 58.8 1978 57.3 1979 56 1980 54.9 1981 54.1 1982 53.3 1983 52.6 1984 51.7 1985 50.7 1986 49.5 1987 48.1 1988 46.7 1989 45.2 1990 43.9 1991 42.7 1992 41.8 1993 40.9 1994 40 1995 39.1 1996 38.1 1997 37 1998 36 1999 34.9 2000 33.9 2001 33.1 2002 37.1 2003 32 2004 31.8 2005 31.7 2006 31.6 2007 31.6 2008 31.3 2009 30.9 2010 30.3 2011 29.6 2012 28.9 2013 28.1 2014 27.3 2015 26.5 2016 25.7 2017 24.8 2018 24 2019 23.2 2020 22.5 2021 21.8 2022 21