Year per 1,000 live births 1960 97.7 1961 91 1962 84.2 1963 77.6 1964 71.6 1965 66.5 1966 62.1 1967 58.6 1968 55.7 1969 53.4 1970 51.5 1971 49.9 1972 48.5 1973 47.4 1974 46.4 1975 45.3 1976 44.3 1977 43.2 1978 41.9 1979 40.5 1980 38.9 1981 37.3 1982 35.7 1983 34 1984 32.4 1985 30.8 1986 29.3 1987 27.9 1988 26.6 1989 25.3 1990 24 1991 22.8 1992 21.6 1993 20.6 1994 19.7 1995 18.9 1996 18.2 1997 17.7 1998 17.3 1999 16.9 2000 16.5 2001 16.3 2002 16 2003 15.8 2004 15.6 2005 15.5 2006 15.4 2007 15.4 2008 15.4 2009 15.4 2010 15.5 2011 15.6 2012 15.7 2013 15.8 2014 16 2015 16.2 2016 16.3 2017 16.5 2018 16.7 2019 16.9 2020 17.2 2021 17.3 2022 17.3