Year per 1,000 live births 1960 174.2 1961 167.5 1962 160.9 1963 154.2 1964 147.6 1965 140.9 1966 134 1967 127 1968 119.8 1969 112.4 1970 105.2 1971 98.2 1972 91.6 1973 85.5 1974 79.9 1975 82.5 1976 70.1 1977 66 1978 62.3 1979 59.1 1980 56.3 1981 53.9 1982 51.9 1983 50 1984 48.4 1985 46.9 1986 45.6 1987 44.4 1988 43.2 1989 42.1 1990 41.1 1991 40 1992 38.9 1993 38 1994 37 1995 36.2 1996 35.4 1997 34.7 1998 34.2 1999 33.7 2000 33.2 2001 32.8 2002 32.5 2003 32.2 2004 31.9 2005 31.6 2006 31.2 2007 30.7 2008 30.1 2009 29.4 2010 28.7 2011 27.9 2012 27.1 2013 26.3 2014 25.5 2015 24.8 2016 24.1 2017 23.4 2018 22.6 2019 21.9 2020 21.2 2021 20.5 2022 19.9