Year per 1,000 live births 1960 76.3 1961 70.8 1962 65.6 1963 60.7 1964 56.2 1965 52 1966 48.1 1967 44.5 1968 41.3 1969 38.2 1970 35.4 1971 32.7 1972 30.3 1973 28.2 1974 26.2 1975 24.4 1976 22.8 1977 21.3 1978 20.1 1979 19 1980 18 1981 17.1 1982 16.4 1983 15.7 1984 15.2 1985 14.7 1986 14.3 1987 14 1988 13.7 1989 13.6 1990 13.4 1991 13.3 1992 13.3 1993 13.3 1994 13.4 1995 13.5 1996 13.6 1997 13.8 1998 14.1 1999 14.3 2000 14.7 2001 15 2002 15.4 2003 15.9 2004 16.4 2005 16.9 2006 17.5 2007 18.1 2008 18.8 2009 19.5 2010 20.2 2011 20.9 2012 21.7 2013 22.5 2014 23.3 2015 24.1 2016 24.9 2017 25.7 2018 26.4 2019 27.2 2020 27.8 2021 28.4 2022 28.9