Year per 1,000 live births 1960 277.7 1961 259.9 1962 243.1 1963 226.8 1964 211.4 1965 196.9 1966 183 1967 169.9 1968 157.6 1969 146 1970 135.3 1971 125.4 1972 116.4 1973 108.2 1974 101 1975 94.4 1976 88.6 1977 83.3 1978 78.7 1979 74.5 1980 70.6 1981 67.1 1982 63.8 1983 60.6 1984 57.5 1985 54.7 1986 51.8 1987 49.1 1988 46.5 1989 44 1990 41.7 1991 39.6 1992 37.7 1993 36 1994 34.5 1995 33.1 1996 31.9 1997 30.8 1998 29.8 1999 28.9 2000 28.1 2001 27.3 2002 26.4 2003 25.5 2004 24.4 2005 23.1 2006 21.7 2007 20.2 2008 18.8 2009 17.6 2010 16.6 2011 19.5 2012 15 2013 14.4 2014 13.8 2015 13.3 2016 12.8 2017 12.3 2018 11.9 2019 11.5 2020 11.1 2021 10.7 2022 10.3