Year per 1,000 live births 1960 110.9 1961 106.5 1962 102.7 1963 99.5 1964 96.8 1965 94.8 1966 93.2 1967 91.8 1968 90.3 1969 88.7 1970 87.1 1971 85.4 1972 83.5 1973 81.5 1974 79.3 1975 77.1 1976 74.7 1977 72.1 1978 69.6 1979 67.1 1980 64.8 1981 62.7 1982 60.8 1983 59.2 1984 57.9 1985 56.9 1986 56.4 1987 56.5 1988 57 1989 58 1990 59.2 1991 60.2 1992 61.1 1993 61.3 1994 61.1 1995 60.4 1996 59.4 1997 58.2 1998 56.6 1999 54.8 2000 52.7 2001 50.2 2002 47.7 2003 45.1 2004 42.6 2005 39.8 2006 37.6 2007 35.9 2008 33.8 2009 33.2 2010 32.8 2011 32.4 2012 32.4 2013 32 2014 31.3 2015 30.3 2016 29.9 2017 29.7 2018 29.2 2019 28.7 2020 28.3 2021 27.6 2022 27.1