Year per 1,000 live births 1960 116.8 1961 111.3 1962 106.4 1963 101.4 1964 96.5 1965 91.4 1966 86 1967 80.5 1968 75.1 1969 69.8 1970 65 1971 60.7 1972 57 1973 54 1974 51.5 1975 49.3 1976 47.3 1977 45.4 1978 43.4 1979 41.4 1980 39.1 1981 36.7 1982 34.2 1983 31.6 1984 29.1 1985 26.7 1986 24.3 1987 22.1 1988 20.2 1989 18.5 1990 16.9 1991 15.5 1992 14.3 1993 13.2 1994 12.2 1995 11.3 1996 10.4 1997 9.7 1998 9.1 1999 8.5 2000 8 2001 7.6 2002 7.2 2003 6.8 2004 6.4 2005 5.9 2006 5.5 2007 5.1 2008 4.8 2009 4.6 2010 4.4 2011 4.3 2012 4.1 2013 4 2014 3.9 2015 3.8 2016 3.7 2017 3.6 2018 3.5 2019 3.4 2020 3.3 2021 3.2 2022 3