Year per 1,000 live births 1960 102 1961 98.9 1962 96.3 1963 94.1 1964 92.1 1965 90.2 1966 88.4 1967 86.7 1968 85.3 1969 84 1970 83.1 1971 82.4 1972 82.1 1973 81.9 1974 81.8 1975 81.8 1976 81.6 1977 81.3 1978 80.7 1979 79.9 1980 79 1981 78 1982 76.8 1983 75.5 1984 74 1985 72.1 1986 69.6 1987 66.6 1988 63.2 1989 59.6 1990 56.1 1991 52.8 1992 49.8 1993 47.3 1994 45 1995 43.1 1996 41.4 1997 40 1998 38.8 1999 37.8 2000 36.9 2001 36.1 2002 35.3 2003 34.5 2004 33.7 2005 32.9 2006 32.1 2007 31.4 2008 30.8 2009 30.2 2010 29.6 2011 29.1 2012 28.7 2013 28.3 2014 28.1 2015 27.9 2016 27.9 2017 27.9 2018 28 2019 28 2020 28 2021 27.9 2022 27.5