Year per 1,000 live births 1960 74.4 1961 67.4 1962 59.1 1963 51.9 1964 47.3 1965 45.8 1966 47.9 1967 53 1968 56.7 1969 53.8 1970 47 1971 41.5 1972 39 1973 37.9 1974 36.5 1975 34.8 1976 33 1977 31.4 1978 30.2 1979 29.4 1980 28.6 1981 27.4 1982 25.8 1983 24.5 1984 24.2 1985 24.7 1986 25.7 1987 26.7 1988 27 1989 26 1990 24.3 1991 23 1992 22.6 1993 22.6 1994 22.5 1995 22.1 1996 21.7 1997 21.2 1998 20.4 1999 19.3 2000 18 2001 17.3 2002 17.1 2003 17 2004 16.4 2005 15.5 2006 14.2 2007 13 2008 11.9 2009 11.1 2010 10.5 2011 10 2012 9.5 2013 8.9 2014 8.3 2015 7.7 2016 7.1 2017 6.5 2018 6 2019 5.6 2020 5.4 2021 5.3 2022 5.5