Year per 1,000 live births 1960 134.3 1961 133.3 1962 132.5 1963 131.3 1964 129.9 1965 128.4 1966 127 1967 125.3 1968 123.7 1969 121.9 1970 120.1 1971 118.2 1972 116.3 1973 114.2 1974 112.1 1975 109.8 1976 107.6 1977 105.6 1978 103.6 1979 102 1980 101.1 1981 101 1982 101.2 1983 101.7 1984 102 1985 102 1986 101.4 1987 100.2 1988 98.8 1989 97.3 1990 95.9 1991 94.4 1992 93.2 1993 91.9 1994 90.3 1995 88.6 1996 86.7 1997 84.2 1998 81.2 1999 77.6 2000 73.5 2001 69.2 2002 64.7 2003 60.6 2004 56.8 2005 53.3 2006 50.5 2007 47.5 2008 45.4 2009 43.1 2010 41.5 2011 39.8 2012 38.4 2013 37.3 2014 36.2 2015 35.2 2016 34 2017 32.4 2018 30.9 2019 29.9 2020 28.7 2021 27.8 2022 26.9