Year per 1,000 live births 1960 76.2 1961 71 1962 66.5 1963 62.6 1964 59.2 1965 56.1 1966 53.4 1967 51.1 1968 49 1969 47 1970 44.8 1971 42.8 1972 40.7 1973 38.6 1974 36.6 1975 34.6 1976 32.6 1977 30.8 1978 29 1979 27.3 1980 25.8 1981 24.5 1982 23.5 1983 22.6 1984 21.8 1985 21.2 1986 20.5 1987 19.9 1988 19.1 1989 18.4 1990 17.6 1991 16.8 1992 16.1 1993 15.5 1994 14.9 1995 14.5 1996 14.2 1997 14.1 1998 14 1999 14.1 2000 14.3 2001 14.5 2002 14.7 2003 14.9 2004 15 2005 15 2006 14.9 2007 14.8 2008 14.6 2009 14.5 2010 14.3 2011 14.1 2012 14 2013 13.8 2014 13.6 2015 13.3 2016 13 2017 12.7 2018 12.3 2019 12 2020 11.6 2021 11.2 2022 10.8