Year per 1,000 live births 1960 171.3 1961 162.5 1962 154.7 1963 147.8 1964 141.2 1965 134.9 1966 128.6 1967 122.1 1968 115.8 1969 109.5 1970 103.5 1971 97.8 1972 92.6 1973 87.6 1974 82.9 1975 78.4 1976 74.1 1977 69.7 1978 65.3 1979 61.2 1980 57.5 1981 60.4 1982 67.6 1983 47.9 1984 45.2 1985 42.9 1986 40.7 1987 38.8 1988 37 1989 35.4 1990 33.9 1991 32.4 1992 31 1993 29.5 1994 28 1995 26.6 1996 25.2 1997 23.9 1998 22.7 1999 21.7 2000 20.7 2001 19.9 2002 19.2 2003 18.6 2004 18.1 2005 17.7 2006 17.4 2007 17.2 2008 17.1 2009 17 2010 17.1 2011 21.9 2012 42 2013 46.6 2014 43.6 2015 41.8 2016 32.6 2017 35.3 2018 38.3 2019 24.8 2020 20.5 2021 19.5 2022 19.3