Year per 1,000 live births 1960 67.1 1961 64 1962 66.4 1963 70.1 1964 71.2 1965 69.6 1966 66.7 1967 63.8 1968 61.8 1969 61.4 1970 60.8 1971 58.1 1972 53.1 1973 47.6 1974 43.1 1975 38.7 1976 33.7 1977 28.4 1978 23.9 1979 20.8 1980 19.2 1981 18.7 1982 19.1 1983 19.6 1984 19.9 1985 19.6 1986 18.7 1987 17.1 1988 15.5 1989 14.5 1990 14.1 1991 13.7 1992 13.3 1993 13 1994 12.8 1995 12.7 1996 12.6 1997 12.6 1998 12.3 1999 11.8 2000 11.1 2001 10.5 2002 10.2 2003 10 2004 9.9 2005 9.8 2006 9.7 2007 9.6 2008 9.5 2009 9.4 2010 9.2 2011 8.9 2012 8.6 2013 8.2 2014 7.9 2015 7.7 2016 7.6 2017 7.5 2018 7.3 2019 7.2 2020 7 2021 6.9 2022 6.9