Year per 1,000 live births 1960 82 1961 74.5 1962 65 1963 56.6 1964 51.2 1965 49.3 1966 51.3 1967 57 1968 61 1969 58.1 1970 50.8 1971 45.1 1972 42.7 1973 42 1974 40.8 1975 39.1 1976 37.2 1977 35.4 1978 34.3 1979 33.3 1980 32.4 1981 31.2 1982 29.5 1983 28 1984 27.7 1985 28.2 1986 29.4 1987 30.7 1988 31.1 1989 29.8 1990 27.7 1991 26 1992 25.3 1993 25.1 1994 24.8 1995 24.2 1996 23.6 1997 22.8 1998 21.9 1999 20.6 2000 19.1 2001 18.2 2002 17.9 2003 17.7 2004 17.1 2005 16.1 2006 14.8 2007 13.5 2008 12.3 2009 11.5 2010 11 2011 10.5 2012 10 2013 9.4 2014 8.8 2015 8.2 2016 7.6 2017 7.1 2018 6.6 2019 6.2 2020 6 2021 5.9 2022 6.1