Year per 1,000 live births 1960 155.3 1961 146.3 1962 137.9 1963 130.1 1964 122.9 1965 116.3 1966 110.2 1967 104.4 1968 99.1 1969 94.2 1970 89.6 1971 85.2 1972 81.1 1973 77.2 1974 73.6 1975 70.1 1976 66.8 1977 63.6 1978 60.7 1979 57.9 1980 55.2 1981 52.7 1982 50.3 1983 48.1 1984 45.9 1985 43.9 1986 42 1987 40.3 1988 38.7 1989 37.3 1990 36 1991 34.8 1992 33.7 1993 32.7 1994 31.7 1995 30.8 1996 30 1997 29.2 1998 28.4 1999 27.6 2000 26.9 2001 26.1 2002 25.4 2003 24.7 2004 24 2005 23.3 2006 22.7 2007 22 2008 21.4 2009 20.8 2010 20.2 2011 19.6 2012 19.1 2013 18.6 2014 18 2015 17.5 2016 17 2017 16.5 2018 16 2019 15.5 2020 15.1 2021 14.6 2022 14.1