Year per 1,000 live births 1960 134.1 1961 128.8 1962 123.7 1963 118.6 1964 113.8 1965 109.2 1966 104.9 1967 100.5 1968 96.4 1969 92.7 1970 89.2 1971 85.8 1972 82.7 1973 79.9 1974 77.3 1975 75 1976 72.9 1977 71.1 1978 69.4 1979 68.1 1980 67 1981 66.1 1982 65.3 1983 64.5 1984 63.6 1985 62.5 1986 61.1 1987 59.7 1988 57.9 1989 56.3 1990 54.8 1991 53.5 1992 52.4 1993 51.4 1994 50.6 1995 49.5 1996 48.4 1997 47.2 1998 45.9 1999 44.6 2000 43.5 2001 42.5 2002 46.3 2003 41.1 2004 40.8 2005 40.6 2006 40.6 2007 40.6 2008 40.3 2009 39.7 2010 38.9 2011 38.1 2012 37.2 2013 36.2 2014 35 2015 34.1 2016 33 2017 32 2018 31 2019 29.9 2020 28.9 2021 28 2022 27.1