Year per 1,000 live births 1960 72.2 1961 69.7 1962 67.4 1963 65.3 1964 63.4 1965 61.7 1966 60.2 1967 58.8 1968 57.5 1969 56.4 1970 55.3 1971 54.2 1972 53 1973 51.9 1974 50.7 1975 49.3 1976 48 1977 46.5 1978 45.1 1979 43.6 1980 42.3 1981 41 1982 39.7 1983 38.5 1984 37.4 1985 36.4 1986 35.5 1987 34.7 1988 33.9 1989 33.2 1990 32.6 1991 32.1 1992 31.7 1993 31.3 1994 31 1995 30.8 1996 30.6 1997 30.4 1998 30.3 1999 30.2 2000 30.1 2001 29.9 2002 29.6 2003 29.2 2004 28.7 2005 28 2006 27.3 2007 26.6 2008 25.9 2009 25.2 2010 24.3 2011 23.7 2012 23 2013 22.3 2014 21.7 2015 21 2016 20.4 2017 19.8 2018 19.2 2019 18.6 2020 17.9 2021 17.4 2022 16.8