Year per 1,000 live births 1964 74.8 1965 74.1 1966 73.6 1967 73.1 1968 72.6 1969 71.9 1970 71.3 1971 70.6 1972 69.8 1973 68.9 1974 67.8 1975 66.6 1976 65.2 1977 63.8 1978 62.3 1979 60.8 1980 59.4 1981 58 1982 56.7 1983 55.4 1984 54.1 1985 52.8 1986 51.3 1987 49.6 1988 47.7 1989 45.6 1990 43.4 1991 41.2 1992 38.9 1993 36.7 1994 34.5 1995 32.5 1996 30.6 1997 28.9 1998 27.4 1999 25.9 2000 24.7 2001 23.6 2002 22.7 2003 21.9 2004 21.2 2005 20.6 2006 20.1 2007 19.7 2008 19.4 2009 19.2 2010 18.9 2011 18.7 2012 18.5 2013 18.4 2014 18.2 2015 18 2016 17.9 2017 17.7 2018 17.6 2019 17.4 2020 17.3 2021 17.1 2022 16.8