Year per 1,000 live births 1960 61 1961 60.1 1962 59.2 1963 58.3 1964 57 1965 55.7 1966 54.2 1967 52.7 1968 51.3 1969 49.9 1970 48.5 1971 47.1 1972 45.8 1973 44.5 1974 43.1 1975 41.7 1976 40.2 1977 38.8 1978 37.5 1979 36.1 1980 34.7 1981 33.3 1982 31.8 1983 30.4 1984 29 1985 27.5 1986 26.1 1987 25 1988 23.9 1989 23.1 1990 22.3 1991 21.7 1992 21.1 1993 20.4 1994 19.6 1995 18.8 1996 18 1997 17 1998 15.9 1999 14.9 2000 14 2001 13.3 2002 12.6 2003 12 2004 11.5 2005 11 2006 10.5 2007 10.1 2008 9.6 2009 9.2 2010 8.8 2011 8.4 2012 8.1 2013 7.7 2014 7.5 2015 7.2 2016 7 2017 6.9 2018 6.8 2019 6.8 2020 6.7 2021 6.7 2022 6.5