Year per 1,000 live births 1960 61.4 1961 57.7 1962 53.6 1963 49.4 1964 45 1965 40.7 1966 36.7 1967 33 1968 29.8 1969 27 1970 24.7 1971 22.7 1972 21.1 1973 19.7 1974 18.5 1975 17.4 1976 16.4 1977 15.3 1978 14.3 1979 13.3 1980 12.5 1981 11.7 1982 11.1 1983 10.7 1984 10.4 1985 10.2 1986 10.1 1987 10.2 1988 10.3 1989 10.5 1990 10.8 1991 11.1 1992 11.5 1993 11.9 1994 12.2 1995 12.4 1996 12.6 1997 12.7 1998 12.6 1999 12.4 2000 12.2 2001 12 2002 11.7 2003 11.5 2004 11.2 2005 11 2006 10.8 2007 10.5 2008 10.3 2009 10.1 2010 10 2011 9.8 2012 9.6 2013 9.5 2014 9.4 2015 9.2 2016 9.1 2017 9 2018 8.8 2019 8.7 2020 8.5 2021 8.3 2022 8.1