Year per 1,000 live births 1960 142.7 1961 141.7 1962 140.6 1963 139.3 1964 137.9 1965 136.2 1966 134.6 1967 132.8 1968 131.1 1969 129.3 1970 127.6 1971 125.7 1972 123.7 1973 121.6 1974 119.4 1975 117.1 1976 114.7 1977 112.4 1978 110.3 1979 108.6 1980 107.6 1981 107.2 1982 107.1 1983 107.3 1984 107.4 1985 107.1 1986 106.4 1987 105.2 1988 103.8 1989 102.2 1990 100.7 1991 99.3 1992 98.1 1993 96.8 1994 95.4 1995 93.6 1996 91.5 1997 88.9 1998 85.9 1999 82.3 2000 78.1 2001 73.7 2002 69.2 2003 65.1 2004 61.3 2005 57.7 2006 54.9 2007 51.8 2008 49.6 2009 47.3 2010 45.5 2011 43.8 2012 42.4 2013 41.2 2014 40.1 2015 39.1 2016 37.7 2017 36.1 2018 34.5 2019 33.3 2020 32.1 2021 31.1 2022 30