Year per 1,000 live births 1960 63.2 1961 60.9 1962 58.6 1963 56.5 1964 54.5 1965 52.7 1966 51.2 1967 49.9 1968 48.9 1969 48.2 1970 47.8 1971 47.5 1972 47.2 1973 46.9 1974 46.4 1975 45.7 1976 44.6 1977 43.3 1978 41.8 1979 40.2 1980 38.5 1981 36.9 1982 35.3 1983 33.8 1984 32.5 1985 31.2 1986 30.1 1987 29 1988 28 1989 27 1990 26 1991 25.1 1992 24.2 1993 23.5 1994 22.8 1995 22.2 1996 21.7 1997 21.2 1998 20.9 1999 20.6 2000 20.5 2001 20.4 2002 20.5 2003 20.6 2004 20.9 2005 21.1 2006 21.3 2007 21.3 2008 21.2 2009 20.9 2010 20.5 2011 20 2012 19.6 2013 19.4 2014 19.5 2015 19.8 2016 20.4 2017 21.3 2018 22.4 2019 23.5 2020 24.6 2021 25.4 2022 25.8