Year per 1,000 live births 1960 187.8 1961 179.6 1962 172.5 1963 166.7 1964 161.9 1965 158 1966 154.9 1967 152.1 1968 149.3 1969 146.2 1970 143.1 1971 139.9 1972 136.4 1973 132.6 1974 128.6 1975 124.4 1976 120.2 1977 115.7 1978 111.3 1979 107 1980 103.1 1981 99.4 1982 96.1 1983 93.4 1984 91.2 1985 89.5 1986 88.8 1987 89 1988 90.1 1989 92.2 1990 94.8 1991 97.7 1992 100.3 1993 102.1 1994 103.1 1995 102.9 1996 101.9 1997 100.1 1998 97.4 1999 94 2000 89.8 2001 85.1 2002 80.2 2003 75.2 2004 70.4 2005 65.6 2006 61.4 2007 57.7 2008 53.6 2009 50.3 2010 48.5 2011 47.4 2012 46.5 2013 45.5 2014 44.4 2015 43.2 2016 42 2017 41.1 2018 40.1 2019 39.3 2020 38.8 2021 37.9 2022 37.1