Year per 1,000 live births 1960 161.5 1961 155 1962 148.5 1963 141.9 1964 135.6 1965 129.1 1966 122.5 1967 115.8 1968 108.7 1969 101.8 1970 94.9 1971 88.1 1972 81.9 1973 76 1974 70.7 1975 73.6 1976 61.5 1977 57.6 1978 54.2 1979 51.3 1980 48.7 1981 46.5 1982 44.6 1983 43 1984 41.5 1985 40.2 1986 39 1987 37.9 1988 36.9 1989 36 1990 35 1991 34.1 1992 33.2 1993 32.3 1994 31.5 1995 30.8 1996 30.1 1997 29.6 1998 29.2 1999 28.7 2000 28.3 2001 28 2002 27.7 2003 27.5 2004 27.2 2005 26.9 2006 26.5 2007 26 2008 25.4 2009 24.8 2010 24.1 2011 23.4 2012 22.8 2013 22.1 2014 21.4 2015 20.8 2016 20.1 2017 19.5 2018 18.9 2019 18.3 2020 17.7 2021 17.1 2022 16.6