Year per 1,000 live births 1960 72.7 1961 69.6 1962 72.4 1963 76.2 1964 77.2 1965 75.3 1966 72.3 1967 69.2 1968 67.2 1969 66.8 1970 66.2 1971 63.5 1972 58.3 1973 52.5 1974 47.8 1975 43.1 1976 37.6 1977 31.8 1978 26.8 1979 23.4 1980 21.7 1981 21.2 1982 21.6 1983 22.1 1984 22.4 1985 22.1 1986 21 1987 19.2 1988 17.4 1989 16.3 1990 15.8 1991 15.3 1992 14.9 1993 14.4 1994 14.2 1995 14.1 1996 14 1997 14 1998 13.7 1999 13.1 2000 12.3 2001 11.6 2002 11.2 2003 11 2004 10.9 2005 10.8 2006 10.6 2007 10.5 2008 10.3 2009 10.1 2010 9.9 2011 9.6 2012 9.2 2013 8.8 2014 8.5 2015 8.2 2016 8 2017 7.9 2018 7.7 2019 7.6 2020 7.4 2021 7.3 2022 7.3