Year per 1,000 live births 1960 130.7 1961 130.3 1962 130.6 1963 131.1 1964 131.9 1965 132.2 1966 132 1967 131.3 1968 129.9 1969 128 1970 125.6 1971 123.1 1972 120.4 1973 117.4 1974 114.2 1975 110.4 1976 106.3 1977 102 1978 97.6 1979 93.1 1980 88.8 1981 84.5 1982 80.5 1983 77 1984 73.8 1985 70.9 1986 68.4 1987 66.1 1988 64.1 1989 62.5 1990 61.3 1991 60.6 1992 60.4 1993 60.8 1994 61.7 1995 62.4 1996 62.7 1997 62.7 1998 62.9 1999 63.2 2000 63.5 2001 63.6 2002 63.7 2003 64 2004 64.6 2005 65.2 2006 64.8 2007 63.2 2008 65.4 2009 61.8 2010 58.9 2011 56.5 2012 56.8 2013 57.2 2014 56.6 2015 56.4 2016 56.6 2017 56 2018 55 2019 54.5 2020 53.1 2021 51.7 2022 50.6