Year per 1,000 live births 1960 80.1 1961 72.2 1962 63.2 1963 55.8 1964 51.2 1965 49.9 1966 52.4 1967 57.8 1968 61.8 1969 58.6 1970 51.3 1971 45.1 1972 42.4 1973 40.8 1974 39.3 1975 37.4 1976 35.6 1977 34.1 1978 32.8 1979 32.1 1980 31.4 1981 30.1 1982 28.4 1983 27.1 1984 26.9 1985 27.6 1986 28.7 1987 29.8 1988 30.1 1989 29 1990 27 1991 25.6 1992 25.1 1993 25 1994 24.8 1995 24.4 1996 23.9 1997 23.5 1998 22.6 1999 21.2 2000 19.9 2001 19.1 2002 18.9 2003 18.8 2004 18.3 2005 17.2 2006 15.8 2007 14.4 2008 13.2 2009 12.3 2010 11.7 2011 11.1 2012 10.5 2013 9.9 2014 9.2 2015 8.5 2016 7.8 2017 7.2 2018 6.6 2019 6.1 2020 5.8 2021 5.8 2022 6