Year per 1,000 live births 1960 73.9 1961 71.3 1962 69.1 1963 67.3 1964 65.7 1965 64.2 1966 63.1 1967 61.8 1968 60.6 1969 59.1 1970 57.6 1971 55.9 1972 54.2 1973 52.5 1974 50.8 1975 49.1 1976 47.4 1977 45.6 1978 43.7 1979 41.9 1980 40.1 1981 38.4 1982 36.8 1983 35.4 1984 34.1 1985 32.8 1986 31.5 1987 30.3 1988 29 1989 27.7 1990 26.6 1991 25.6 1992 25.1 1993 24.6 1994 24 1995 23.4 1996 22.6 1997 21.7 1998 20.7 1999 19.7 2000 18.9 2001 18.5 2002 18.2 2003 17.6 2004 17 2005 16.4 2006 15.8 2007 15.4 2008 15.2 2009 15.1 2010 15.2 2011 15.4 2012 15.5 2013 15.9 2014 16.2 2015 17.1 2016 22.1 2017 22.1 2018 22.2 2019 22.1 2020 22.1 2021 22.2 2022 22.2