Year per 1,000 live births 1960 161.9 1961 155.4 1962 149.5 1963 143.9 1964 138.7 1965 133.8 1966 129.1 1967 124.7 1968 120.5 1969 116.2 1970 112.2 1971 108.3 1972 104.5 1973 100.7 1974 97 1975 93.4 1976 89.9 1977 86.4 1978 83 1979 79.6 1980 76.2 1981 72.9 1982 69.8 1983 66.8 1984 63.9 1985 61.1 1986 58.5 1987 55.9 1988 53.5 1989 51.2 1990 48.9 1991 46.6 1992 44.6 1993 42.5 1994 40.6 1995 38.8 1996 37 1997 35.4 1998 33.8 1999 32.3 2000 30.8 2001 29.5 2002 28.2 2003 27.1 2004 26 2005 25 2006 24.1 2007 23.2 2008 22.5 2009 21.7 2010 21 2011 20.2 2012 19.6 2013 19 2014 18.4 2015 17.7 2016 17.2 2017 16.6 2018 16.1 2019 15.5 2020 15 2021 14.5 2022 14