Year per 1,000 live births 1960 58.7 1961 56.4 1962 54.3 1963 52.3 1964 50.4 1965 48.7 1966 47.3 1967 46.1 1968 45.3 1969 44.6 1970 44.2 1971 43.9 1972 43.7 1973 43.5 1974 43 1975 42.4 1976 41.4 1977 40.2 1978 38.8 1979 37.3 1980 35.8 1981 34.2 1982 32.8 1983 31.4 1984 30.2 1985 29.1 1986 28 1987 27 1988 26 1989 25.1 1990 24.3 1991 23.4 1992 22.7 1993 22 1994 21.3 1995 20.8 1996 20.3 1997 19.9 1998 19.6 1999 19.4 2000 19.3 2001 19.2 2002 19.3 2003 19.4 2004 19.6 2005 19.8 2006 19.9 2007 19.9 2008 19.7 2009 19.3 2010 18.9 2011 18.4 2012 18.1 2013 17.9 2014 17.9 2015 18.2 2016 18.7 2017 19.5 2018 20.5 2019 21.6 2020 22.6 2021 23.3 2022 23.6