Year per 1,000 live births 1960 150.4 1961 149.3 1962 148.1 1963 146.8 1964 145.3 1965 143.6 1966 141.9 1967 140.1 1968 138.4 1969 136.5 1970 134.6 1971 132.8 1972 130.8 1973 128.6 1974 126.4 1975 124.1 1976 121.5 1977 119 1978 116.6 1979 114.8 1980 113.8 1981 113.1 1982 112.7 1983 112.6 1984 112.4 1985 111.8 1986 111.1 1987 109.9 1988 108.5 1989 107 1990 105.4 1991 103.9 1992 102.6 1993 101.5 1994 100.1 1995 98.2 1996 96 1997 93.6 1998 90.5 1999 86.7 2000 82.4 2001 77.9 2002 73.6 2003 69.4 2004 65.6 2005 61.9 2006 59 2007 55.9 2008 53.6 2009 51.2 2010 49.4 2011 47.6 2012 46.2 2013 45 2014 43.8 2015 42.7 2016 41.3 2017 39.5 2018 37.8 2019 36.5 2020 35.2 2021 34.1 2022 33