Year per 1,000 live births 1960 73.6 1961 72.1 1962 70.9 1963 69.9 1964 68.9 1965 67.9 1966 66.7 1967 65.2 1968 63.5 1969 61.6 1970 59.7 1971 58 1972 56.8 1973 55.9 1974 55.3 1975 54.8 1976 54.5 1977 54.2 1978 53.7 1979 53 1980 52.2 1981 51.1 1982 49.8 1983 48.4 1984 46.9 1985 45.4 1986 43.9 1987 42.7 1988 41.7 1989 41.1 1990 40.7 1991 40.5 1992 40.4 1993 40.3 1994 40.1 1995 39.8 1996 39.3 1997 38.7 1998 37.9 1999 37 2000 36 2001 35.2 2002 34.5 2003 34.2 2004 33.9 2005 33.7 2006 33.5 2007 33.2 2008 32.9 2009 32.5 2010 32.1 2011 31.8 2012 31.3 2013 31 2014 30.5 2015 30 2016 29.5 2017 29 2018 28.4 2019 27.9 2020 27.3 2021 26.8 2022 26.2