Year per 1,000 live births 1960 78.3 1961 74.8 1962 71.6 1963 68.6 1964 65.9 1965 63.3 1966 60.9 1967 58.7 1968 56.6 1969 54.6 1970 52.7 1971 51 1972 49.5 1973 48.3 1974 47.4 1975 46.6 1976 46.2 1977 45.6 1978 45.1 1979 44.5 1980 43.9 1981 43.2 1982 42.3 1983 41.3 1984 40.3 1985 39.2 1986 38.2 1987 37.1 1988 36 1989 34.8 1990 33.6 1991 32.5 1992 31.4 1993 30.5 1994 29.9 1995 29.6 1996 29.5 1997 29.6 1998 29.8 1999 30 2000 30.1 2001 30.1 2002 30 2003 29.8 2004 29.6 2005 29.3 2006 29 2007 28.7 2008 28.4 2009 28.1 2010 27.8 2011 27.5 2012 27.1 2013 26.6 2014 26 2015 25.4 2016 24.8 2017 24.2 2018 23.6 2019 22.9 2020 22.2 2021 21.6 2022 20.9