Year per 1,000 live births 1960 68 1961 65.7 1962 63.6 1963 61.5 1964 59.7 1965 58.1 1966 56.6 1967 55.3 1968 54 1969 52.8 1970 51.8 1971 50.6 1972 49.6 1973 48.4 1974 47.3 1975 46 1976 44.7 1977 43.4 1978 42 1979 40.7 1980 39.4 1981 38.1 1982 36.9 1983 35.8 1984 34.7 1985 33.8 1986 32.9 1987 32.1 1988 31.4 1989 30.7 1990 30.1 1991 29.7 1992 29.2 1993 28.9 1994 28.6 1995 28.4 1996 28.2 1997 28 1998 27.9 1999 27.8 2000 27.7 2001 27.5 2002 27.3 2003 26.8 2004 26.3 2005 25.7 2006 25.2 2007 24.5 2008 23.7 2009 23 2010 22.3 2011 21.6 2012 21 2013 20.4 2014 19.8 2015 19.3 2016 18.7 2017 18.1 2018 17.6 2019 17 2020 16.5 2021 15.9 2022 15.4