Year per 1,000 live births 1960 112.4 1961 106.9 1962 102 1963 97.2 1964 92.3 1965 87.3 1966 82 1967 76.6 1968 71.2 1969 66.1 1970 61.3 1971 57.2 1972 53.6 1973 50.6 1974 48.1 1975 46 1976 44.2 1977 42.3 1978 40.5 1979 38.4 1980 36.3 1981 34 1982 31.6 1983 29.3 1984 26.9 1985 24.6 1986 22.5 1987 20.4 1988 18.7 1989 17.1 1990 15.7 1991 14.4 1992 13.3 1993 12.3 1994 11.3 1995 10.5 1996 9.7 1997 9.1 1998 8.5 1999 8 2000 7.5 2001 7.2 2002 6.8 2003 6.4 2004 6 2005 5.6 2006 5.2 2007 4.8 2008 4.5 2009 4.3 2010 4.1 2011 4 2012 3.8 2013 3.7 2014 3.6 2015 3.5 2016 3.4 2017 3.3 2018 3.2 2019 3.1 2020 3 2021 2.9 2022 2.8