Year per 1,000 live births 1960 114.6 1961 109.4 1962 104.7 1963 100.3 1964 96.3 1965 92.3 1966 88.4 1967 84.4 1968 80.4 1969 76.5 1970 72.7 1971 69.2 1972 65.9 1973 62.8 1974 59.9 1975 57.1 1976 54.4 1977 51.5 1978 48.8 1979 46.2 1980 43.7 1981 43.9 1982 45.9 1983 37.2 1984 35.4 1985 33.8 1986 32.3 1987 30.9 1988 29.6 1989 28.5 1990 27.4 1991 26.4 1992 25.3 1993 24.2 1994 23.1 1995 22 1996 20.9 1997 20 1998 19 1999 18.2 2000 17.4 2001 16.8 2002 16.2 2003 15.7 2004 15.4 2005 15.1 2006 14.8 2007 14.6 2008 14.5 2009 14.5 2010 14.5 2011 16.4 2012 24.5 2013 26.4 2014 25.3 2015 24.8 2016 21.2 2017 22.4 2018 23.7 2019 18.4 2020 16.7 2021 16.2 2022 15.9