Year per 1,000 live births 1960 147 1961 141.9 1962 137.1 1963 132.2 1964 127.5 1965 122.8 1966 118.2 1967 113.6 1968 108.9 1969 104.3 1970 99.5 1971 94.9 1972 90.3 1973 85.8 1974 81.6 1975 77.6 1976 73.9 1977 70.4 1978 67.1 1979 64 1980 61.1 1981 58.3 1982 55.6 1983 53.1 1984 50.6 1985 48.2 1986 45.9 1987 43.6 1988 41.4 1989 39.2 1990 37.1 1991 35.1 1992 33.1 1993 31.3 1994 29.6 1995 28.1 1996 26.6 1997 25.1 1998 23.8 1999 22.5 2000 21.3 2001 20.1 2002 19.1 2003 18.1 2004 17.1 2005 16.2 2006 15.3 2007 14.5 2008 13.8 2009 13.1 2010 12.5 2011 12 2012 11.5 2013 11.1 2014 10.7 2015 10.3 2016 10 2017 9.6 2018 9.3 2019 9 2020 8.7 2021 8.4 2022 8.1