Year per 1,000 live births 1960 126.1 1961 123 1962 119.6 1963 116.1 1964 112.6 1965 109.2 1966 105.8 1967 102.7 1968 100.1 1969 97.7 1970 107.9 1971 93.1 1972 90.7 1973 88.6 1974 86.4 1975 84.5 1976 82.6 1977 80.9 1978 79.5 1979 78.1 1980 76.6 1981 75 1982 73.1 1983 70.7 1984 68.1 1985 65.4 1986 62.4 1987 59.6 1988 56.9 1989 54.4 1990 52.1 1991 49.8 1992 47.5 1993 44.9 1994 42.2 1995 39.4 1996 36.6 1997 33.8 1998 31.1 1999 28.6 2000 26.4 2001 24.3 2002 22.5 2003 21 2004 19.6 2005 18.4 2006 17.3 2007 16.3 2008 15.4 2009 14.7 2010 14 2011 13.4 2012 12.9 2013 12.5 2014 12.1 2015 11.9 2016 11.7 2017 11.5 2018 11.3 2019 11.2 2020 11 2021 10.8 2022 10.5