Year per 1,000 live births 1960 73.7 1961 70.6 1962 68.7 1963 67.7 1964 66.4 1965 64.9 1966 63.3 1967 61.6 1968 59.9 1969 58.7 1970 57.9 1971 57.3 1972 56.7 1973 56 1974 54.9 1975 53.4 1976 51.3 1977 48.7 1978 45.8 1979 42.9 1980 40.1 1981 37.6 1982 35.4 1983 32.7 1984 30.1 1985 27.4 1986 25 1987 23.1 1988 21.8 1989 22.7 1990 20.9 1991 20.7 1992 20.4 1993 20 1994 19.5 1995 19 1996 18.4 1997 17.8 1998 17.1 1999 16.3 2000 15.7 2001 15.2 2002 14.7 2003 14.2 2004 18.8 2005 13.2 2006 12.6 2007 11.9 2008 11.3 2009 14.5 2010 10.6 2011 10.3 2012 9.8 2013 9.3 2014 8.8 2015 8.3 2016 7.9 2017 7.5 2018 7.1 2019 6.8 2020 6.6 2021 6.3 2022 6.1