Year per 1,000 live births 1960 115.9 1961 110.8 1962 106.2 1963 102 1964 98 1965 94.1 1966 90.3 1967 86.4 1968 82.4 1969 78.5 1970 74.8 1971 71.2 1972 68 1973 64.9 1974 62 1975 59.2 1976 56.5 1977 53.9 1978 51.3 1979 48.8 1980 46.4 1981 46.6 1982 48.5 1983 39.9 1984 38.1 1985 36.4 1986 34.9 1987 33.6 1988 32.4 1989 31.2 1990 30.1 1991 29 1992 27.9 1993 26.8 1994 25.6 1995 24.5 1996 23.4 1997 22.3 1998 21.3 1999 20.4 2000 19.6 2001 18.9 2002 18.3 2003 17.7 2004 17.3 2005 16.9 2006 16.6 2007 16.4 2008 16.3 2009 16.3 2010 16.3 2011 18.3 2012 26.3 2013 28.3 2014 27.2 2015 26.7 2016 23.2 2017 24.4 2018 25.7 2019 20.4 2020 18.6 2021 18.1 2022 17.8