Year per 1,000 live births 1960 107.1 1961 102.8 1962 97.5 1963 91.8 1964 88.2 1965 90 1966 97.2 1967 103.1 1968 99.6 1969 90.7 1970 85.2 1971 85.7 1972 87.1 1973 84.1 1974 76.9 1975 68.6 1976 61.2 1977 55.1 1978 50.7 1979 47.2 1980 44.1 1981 41 1982 37.9 1983 35 1984 32.6 1985 31.6 1986 31.9 1987 32.1 1988 30.6 1989 28.1 1990 25.9 1991 24.4 1992 23.8 1993 23.8 1994 24.3 1995 25 1996 25.5 1997 25.4 1998 24.4 1999 22.8 2000 21.1 2001 19.6 2002 18.4 2003 17.8 2004 17.4 2005 17.2 2006 17 2007 16.7 2008 16.4 2009 16 2010 15.9 2011 16.1 2012 16.3 2013 16.3 2014 16.1 2015 15.9 2016 16 2017 16.4 2018 16.8 2019 17.2 2020 17.3 2021 17 2022 16.4