Year per 1,000 live births 1960 65.7 1961 63.8 1962 62.3 1963 61 1964 59.8 1965 58.7 1966 57.8 1967 56.9 1968 55.9 1969 54.8 1970 53.5 1971 52.2 1972 50.9 1973 49.4 1974 48.1 1975 46.7 1976 45.3 1977 43.8 1978 42.4 1979 40.8 1980 39.3 1981 37.9 1982 36.6 1983 35.3 1984 34.2 1985 33.1 1986 32 1987 30.8 1988 29.6 1989 28.4 1990 27.4 1991 26.5 1992 25.6 1993 25.1 1994 25 1995 24.7 1996 24 1997 23.2 1998 22.3 1999 21.4 2000 20.6 2001 19.9 2002 19.3 2003 18.8 2004 18.3 2005 17.7 2006 17.2 2007 16.8 2008 16.5 2009 16.3 2010 16.3 2011 16.4 2012 16.7 2013 16.9 2014 17.3 2015 18.3 2016 23 2017 23 2018 23 2019 23 2020 23 2021 23 2022 23