Year per 1,000 live births 1960 74.5 1961 70.9 1962 67.7 1963 64.6 1964 61.8 1965 59.3 1966 57.3 1967 55.6 1968 54.3 1969 53.5 1970 52.9 1971 52.6 1972 52.3 1973 52 1974 51.4 1975 50.4 1976 49.2 1977 47.5 1978 45.7 1979 43.6 1980 41.4 1981 39.4 1982 37.5 1983 35.7 1984 34.2 1985 32.6 1986 31.3 1987 30.1 1988 28.9 1989 27.9 1990 26.8 1991 25.9 1992 25 1993 24.2 1994 23.4 1995 22.8 1996 22.3 1997 21.9 1998 21.5 1999 21.3 2000 21.1 2001 21.1 2002 21.1 2003 21.3 2004 21.4 2005 21.6 2006 21.7 2007 21.6 2008 21.3 2009 20.8 2010 20.3 2011 19.8 2012 19.3 2013 19.1 2014 19 2015 19.3 2016 19.8 2017 20.7 2018 21.9 2019 23.1 2020 24.3 2021 25.1 2022 25.5