Year per 1,000 live births 1960 168 1961 161.5 1962 154.9 1963 148.3 1964 141.8 1965 135.2 1966 128.4 1967 121.6 1968 114.5 1969 107.3 1970 100.2 1971 93.3 1972 86.8 1973 80.9 1974 75.3 1975 78.2 1976 66 1977 61.9 1978 58.4 1979 55.3 1980 52.6 1981 50.3 1982 48.3 1983 46.6 1984 45 1985 43.7 1986 42.4 1987 41.3 1988 40.2 1989 39.2 1990 38.1 1991 37.1 1992 36.2 1993 35.2 1994 34.3 1995 33.5 1996 32.9 1997 32.3 1998 31.7 1999 31.3 2000 30.8 2001 30.5 2002 30.2 2003 29.9 2004 29.6 2005 29.3 2006 28.9 2007 28.4 2008 27.8 2009 27.2 2010 26.5 2011 25.7 2012 25 2013 24.3 2014 23.6 2015 22.8 2016 22.2 2017 21.5 2018 20.8 2019 20.1 2020 19.5 2021 18.9 2022 18.3