Year per 1,000 live births 1960 108.4 1961 105.2 1962 101.9 1963 98.9 1964 95.8 1965 92.8 1966 89.8 1967 86.7 1968 83.7 1969 80.6 1970 77.6 1971 74.6 1972 71.7 1973 68.8 1974 66 1975 63.4 1976 60.9 1977 58.5 1978 56.2 1979 54.1 1980 51.9 1981 49.9 1982 48 1983 46.1 1984 44.2 1985 42.4 1986 40.6 1987 38.8 1988 37.1 1989 35.4 1990 33.7 1991 32 1992 30.5 1993 29 1994 27.6 1995 26.2 1996 25 1997 23.7 1998 22.5 1999 21.4 2000 20.2 2001 19.2 2002 18.2 2003 17.3 2004 16.4 2005 15.5 2006 14.6 2007 13.8 2008 13.2 2009 12.5 2010 11.9 2011 11.4 2012 11 2013 10.6 2014 10.2 2015 9.8 2016 9.5 2017 9.1 2018 8.8 2019 8.5 2020 8.2 2021 7.9 2022 7.7