Year per 1,000 live births 1960 68.4 1961 62.4 1962 54.7 1963 47.7 1964 43.2 1965 41.6 1966 43.3 1967 48 1968 51.3 1969 48.8 1970 42.5 1971 37.7 1972 35.5 1973 34.8 1974 33.6 1975 32 1976 30.2 1977 28.6 1978 27.4 1979 26.5 1980 25.6 1981 24.5 1982 23.1 1983 21.7 1984 21.3 1985 21.7 1986 22.5 1987 23.4 1988 23.8 1989 22.9 1990 21.5 1991 20.4 1992 20 1993 20 1994 20 1995 19.7 1996 19.3 1997 18.8 1998 18.2 1999 17.2 2000 16 2001 15.3 2002 15.2 2003 15 2004 14.5 2005 13.7 2006 12.6 2007 11.5 2008 10.5 2009 9.8 2010 9.3 2011 8.9 2012 8.4 2013 7.9 2014 7.4 2015 6.8 2016 6.3 2017 5.9 2018 5.4 2019 5.1 2020 4.9 2021 4.8 2022 5