Year per 1,000 live births 1960 62.3 1961 60.1 1962 58.3 1963 56.6 1964 55.4 1965 54.3 1966 52.6 1967 50.8 1968 49.6 1969 48.6 1970 47.9 1971 47.4 1972 47 1973 46.4 1974 45.6 1975 44.5 1976 42.8 1977 40.7 1978 38.2 1979 35.7 1980 33.4 1981 31.4 1982 29.4 1983 27.5 1984 25.1 1985 22.9 1986 20.9 1987 19.2 1988 18.1 1989 18.9 1990 17 1991 16.6 1992 16.5 1993 16.3 1994 16.1 1995 15.8 1996 15.4 1997 14.9 1998 14.3 1999 13.7 2000 13 2001 12.4 2002 12 2003 11.7 2004 16.3 2005 10.9 2006 10.4 2007 9.7 2008 9.2 2009 12.5 2010 8.7 2011 8.3 2012 7.9 2013 7.5 2014 7.1 2015 6.7 2016 6.3 2017 6 2018 5.8 2019 5.6 2020 5.4 2021 5.2 2022 5