Year per 1,000 live births 1960 79.2 1961 75.6 1962 72.2 1963 69.1 1964 66.2 1965 63.6 1966 61.4 1967 59.7 1968 58.4 1969 57.5 1970 56.9 1971 56.5 1972 56.1 1973 55.8 1974 55.1 1975 54.2 1976 52.8 1977 51.1 1978 49 1979 46.9 1980 44.7 1981 42.5 1982 40.5 1983 38.6 1984 36.9 1985 35.4 1986 33.9 1987 32.6 1988 31.3 1989 30.2 1990 29 1991 28 1992 26.9 1993 26 1994 25.2 1995 24.5 1996 23.9 1997 23.5 1998 23.1 1999 22.8 2000 22.6 2001 22.6 2002 22.6 2003 22.8 2004 23 2005 23.3 2006 23.4 2007 23.4 2008 23.2 2009 22.7 2010 22.2 2011 21.6 2012 21.2 2013 21 2014 21 2015 21.3 2016 22 2017 22.9 2018 24.2 2019 25.5 2020 26.8 2021 27.7 2022 28.2