Year per 1,000 live births 1960 273.3 1961 255.4 1962 238.5 1963 222.2 1964 207 1965 192.4 1966 178.4 1967 165.2 1968 152.7 1969 141.2 1970 130.4 1971 120.3 1972 111.3 1973 103.2 1974 95.9 1975 89.3 1976 83.4 1977 78.2 1978 73.6 1979 69.5 1980 65.7 1981 62.2 1982 59 1983 56 1984 53 1985 50.3 1986 47.6 1987 45 1988 42.5 1989 40.2 1990 38 1991 36 1992 34.2 1993 32.6 1994 31.1 1995 29.8 1996 28.7 1997 27.7 1998 26.8 1999 26 2000 25.2 2001 24.4 2002 23.7 2003 22.8 2004 21.8 2005 20.6 2006 19.3 2007 18 2008 16.7 2009 15.7 2010 14.8 2011 17.8 2012 13.4 2013 12.9 2014 12.3 2015 11.9 2016 11.4 2017 11 2018 10.7 2019 10.3 2020 10 2021 9.6 2022 9.3