Year per 1,000 live births 1960 136.6 1961 133.5 1962 130.2 1963 126.7 1964 123 1965 119.3 1966 115.8 1967 112.5 1968 109.6 1969 106.9 1970 116.9 1971 101.9 1972 99.3 1973 96.8 1974 94.3 1975 91.9 1976 89.8 1977 88 1978 86.4 1979 84.9 1980 83.4 1981 81.6 1982 79.6 1983 77.2 1984 74.4 1985 71.3 1986 68.1 1987 64.9 1988 62 1989 59.3 1990 56.8 1991 54.2 1992 51.5 1993 48.6 1994 45.7 1995 42.8 1996 39.8 1997 36.9 1998 34.1 1999 31.5 2000 29.1 2001 26.9 2002 25 2003 23.3 2004 21.8 2005 20.5 2006 19.3 2007 18.2 2008 17.2 2009 16.4 2010 15.6 2011 15 2012 14.4 2013 13.9 2014 13.5 2015 13.2 2016 13 2017 12.8 2018 12.6 2019 12.4 2020 12.2 2021 12 2022 11.7