Year per 1,000 live births 1960 139.6 1961 139 1962 139.1 1963 139.6 1964 140 1965 140.3 1966 140.1 1967 139.2 1968 137.7 1969 135.6 1970 133.1 1971 130.5 1972 127.7 1973 124.7 1974 121.4 1975 117.7 1976 113.5 1977 109.1 1978 104.6 1979 100.1 1980 95.6 1981 91.4 1982 87.3 1983 83.8 1984 80.6 1985 77.6 1986 75.1 1987 72.9 1988 71 1989 69.4 1990 68.2 1991 67.5 1992 67.4 1993 67.8 1994 68.8 1995 69.5 1996 69.8 1997 69.9 1998 70.1 1999 70.4 2000 70.9 2001 70.9 2002 71.1 2003 71.4 2004 72.1 2005 72.8 2006 72.5 2007 70.6 2008 73 2009 69.1 2010 65.9 2011 63.2 2012 63.5 2013 63.9 2014 63.1 2015 62.9 2016 63 2017 62.4 2018 61.4 2019 60.7 2020 59.2 2021 57.7 2022 56.4