Year per 1,000 live births 1960 89.6 1961 89.2 1962 88.9 1963 88.5 1964 88 1965 87.3 1966 86.5 1967 85.6 1968 84.4 1969 83.1 1970 81.6 1971 79.8 1972 77.9 1973 75.8 1974 73.7 1975 71.5 1976 69.3 1977 67 1978 64.5 1979 62.1 1980 59.7 1981 57.3 1982 55.2 1983 53.3 1984 51.5 1985 49.8 1986 47.9 1987 45.8 1988 43.5 1989 41.3 1990 39.3 1991 37.7 1992 36.3 1993 35.2 1994 34.4 1995 33.5 1996 32.8 1997 32 1998 31.2 1999 30.6 2000 30.1 2001 29.7 2002 29.6 2003 29.6 2004 29.6 2005 29.7 2006 29.6 2007 29.4 2008 29.2 2009 29 2010 29.8 2011 28.6 2012 28.4 2013 28.1 2014 27.8 2015 27.4 2016 27 2017 26.5 2018 25.9 2019 25.4 2020 25 2021 24.5 2022 23.9