Year per 1,000 live births 1960 93.9 1961 84.4 1962 73.9 1963 65.2 1964 59.7 1965 58.2 1966 61.1 1967 67.5 1968 72.3 1969 68.8 1970 60.5 1971 53.5 1972 50.6 1973 49.1 1974 47.6 1975 45.6 1976 43.6 1977 42 1978 40.6 1979 39.8 1980 39.1 1981 37.7 1982 35.7 1983 34.3 1984 34 1985 35 1986 36.5 1987 37.9 1988 38.3 1989 36.8 1990 34.3 1991 32.3 1992 31.5 1993 31.2 1994 30.7 1995 30 1996 29.2 1997 28.4 1998 27.1 1999 25.4 2000 23.7 2001 22.7 2002 22.3 2003 22.2 2004 21.4 2005 20.1 2006 18.4 2007 16.8 2008 15.5 2009 14.4 2010 13.7 2011 13 2012 12.4 2013 11.7 2014 10.9 2015 10.1 2016 9.3 2017 8.6 2018 8 2019 7.4 2020 7 2021 7 2022 7.3