Year per 1,000 live births 1960 113.2 1961 111.6 1962 109.8 1963 106.9 1964 102.9 1965 97.6 1966 91.2 1967 84.6 1968 78.4 1969 72.9 1970 68.2 1971 64.3 1972 60.9 1973 57.7 1974 54.8 1975 52.1 1976 49.6 1977 47.4 1978 45.4 1979 43.7 1980 42 1981 40.4 1982 38.7 1983 37 1984 35.4 1985 34.2 1986 33.8 1987 34.7 1988 35.9 1989 38.5 1990 42.3 1991 47.3 1992 46 1993 44.6 1994 43.3 1995 109.7 1996 107.7 1997 106.2 1998 105.2 1999 104.2 2000 102.9 2001 101.5 2002 99.6 2003 34.8 2004 33.9 2005 33.1 2006 32.6 2007 32.6 2008 31.7 2009 30.9 2010 29.4 2011 27.7 2012 25.8 2013 23.9 2014 22.3 2015 21.1 2016 20.4 2017 19 2018 18.3 2019 17.3 2020 16.5 2021 15.8 2022 17