Year per 1,000 live births 1960 146.6 1961 143.5 1962 140.2 1963 136.6 1964 132.7 1965 128.9 1966 125.3 1967 121.9 1968 118.6 1969 115.6 1970 125.4 1971 110.2 1972 107.5 1973 104.5 1974 101.7 1975 98.9 1976 96.7 1977 94.7 1978 93 1979 91.4 1980 89.7 1981 87.9 1982 85.8 1983 83.3 1984 80.3 1985 77 1986 73.5 1987 70 1988 66.8 1989 64 1990 61.2 1991 58.3 1992 55.2 1993 52.2 1994 49.1 1995 46 1996 42.8 1997 39.9 1998 36.9 1999 34.1 2000 31.6 2001 29.3 2002 27.3 2003 25.5 2004 23.9 2005 22.4 2006 21.1 2007 20 2008 19 2009 18 2010 17.2 2011 16.4 2012 15.8 2013 15.3 2014 14.8 2015 14.5 2016 14.2 2017 14 2018 13.8 2019 13.6 2020 13.4 2021 13.1 2022 12.8