Year per 1,000 live births 1960 130.4 1961 119.9 1962 110.5 1963 101.7 1964 93.3 1965 85.6 1966 78.4 1967 71.8 1968 65.7 1969 60.1 1970 55 1971 50.4 1972 46.3 1973 42.5 1974 39.2 1975 36.2 1976 33.6 1977 31.4 1978 29.3 1979 27.5 1980 25.8 1981 24.4 1982 23.2 1983 22.1 1984 21.2 1985 20.5 1986 19.9 1987 19.6 1988 19.4 1989 19.3 1990 19.2 1991 19 1992 18.5 1993 17.6 1994 16.5 1995 15.2 1996 14 1997 12.8 1998 11.8 1999 11 2000 10.5 2001 10 2002 9.7 2003 9.4 2004 9.2 2005 8.9 2006 8.6 2007 8.2 2008 7.9 2009 7.5 2010 7.2 2011 7 2012 6.8 2013 6.6 2014 6.5 2015 6.4 2016 6.2 2017 6.1 2018 6 2019 5.8 2020 5.7 2021 5.6 2022 5.4