Year per 1,000 live births 1960 123 1961 118.5 1962 114.6 1963 111.4 1964 108.7 1965 106.4 1966 104.6 1967 103 1968 101.3 1969 99.5 1970 97.5 1971 95.5 1972 93.5 1973 91.4 1974 89.1 1975 86.5 1976 84 1977 81.6 1978 79.1 1979 76.7 1980 74.5 1981 72.4 1982 70.6 1983 69.1 1984 67.9 1985 67 1986 66.6 1987 66.6 1988 67.1 1989 68.1 1990 69.4 1991 70.9 1992 72 1993 72.5 1994 72.4 1995 71.8 1996 70.8 1997 69.5 1998 67.8 1999 65.8 2000 63.4 2001 60.7 2002 57.9 2003 55 2004 52.1 2005 49 2006 46.5 2007 44.5 2008 42.1 2009 41.4 2010 40.9 2011 40.3 2012 40.4 2013 39.8 2014 38.9 2015 37.7 2016 37.1 2017 36.9 2018 36.2 2019 35.6 2020 35.1 2021 34.3 2022 33.7