Year per 1,000 live births 1960 107.9 1961 104.8 1962 102.1 1963 99.8 1964 97.8 1965 95.9 1966 94.2 1967 92.5 1968 91 1969 89.8 1970 88.9 1971 88.2 1972 87.8 1973 87.7 1974 87.7 1975 87.7 1976 87.7 1977 87.4 1978 86.9 1979 86.2 1980 85.3 1981 84.3 1982 83.1 1983 81.7 1984 80.2 1985 78.1 1986 75.6 1987 72.4 1988 69 1989 65.2 1990 61.5 1991 57.9 1992 54.8 1993 52 1994 49.6 1995 47.5 1996 45.6 1997 44.1 1998 42.8 1999 41.7 2000 40.7 2001 39.8 2002 38.9 2003 38 2004 37 2005 36.2 2006 35.4 2007 34.6 2008 33.8 2009 33.2 2010 32.6 2011 32 2012 31.6 2013 31.2 2014 30.9 2015 30.7 2016 30.6 2017 30.7 2018 30.8 2019 30.8 2020 30.9 2021 30.7 2022 30.2