Year per 1,000 live births 1960 86.1 1961 83.3 1962 81 1963 78.9 1964 77.1 1965 75.6 1966 74.2 1967 72.9 1968 71.4 1969 69.9 1970 68.1 1971 66.2 1972 64.2 1973 62.2 1974 60.4 1975 58.5 1976 56.5 1977 54.5 1978 52.5 1979 50.3 1980 48.3 1981 46.3 1982 44.5 1983 42.9 1984 41.4 1985 39.9 1986 38.5 1987 36.9 1988 35.4 1989 33.9 1990 32.5 1991 31.4 1992 30.4 1993 29.8 1994 29.5 1995 29 1996 28.2 1997 27.1 1998 26 1999 24.9 2000 24 2001 23.1 2002 22.4 2003 21.8 2004 21.2 2005 20.5 2006 19.9 2007 19.4 2008 19 2009 18.9 2010 18.9 2011 19 2012 19.3 2013 19.6 2014 20.1 2015 21.1 2016 26.2 2017 26.2 2018 26.2 2019 26.2 2020 26.2 2021 26.2 2022 26.1