Year per 1,000 live births 1960 152.5 1961 144.8 1962 137.5 1963 130.4 1964 123.4 1965 116.7 1966 110.2 1967 104.1 1968 98.4 1969 92.9 1970 87.8 1971 82.9 1972 78.4 1973 74 1974 69.8 1975 66.1 1976 62.6 1977 59.4 1978 56.6 1979 54 1980 51.6 1981 49.4 1982 47.2 1983 45.2 1984 43.2 1985 41.3 1986 39.3 1987 37.4 1988 35.5 1989 33.7 1990 32 1991 30.4 1992 28.9 1993 27.6 1994 26.4 1995 25.3 1996 24.4 1997 23.5 1998 22.8 1999 22 2000 21.4 2001 20.7 2002 20.1 2003 19.3 2004 18.4 2005 17.4 2006 16.3 2007 15.2 2008 14.2 2009 13.3 2010 12.5 2011 13.4 2012 11.4 2013 10.9 2014 10.5 2015 10.1 2016 9.7 2017 9.4 2018 9.1 2019 8.7 2020 8.4 2021 8.2 2022 7.9