Year per 1,000 live births 1960 92.9 1961 89.1 1962 85.5 1963 82.1 1964 79 1965 76.1 1966 73.5 1967 71 1968 68.5 1969 66.3 1970 64.1 1971 62.1 1972 60.4 1973 59 1974 57.9 1975 57.2 1976 56.6 1977 56.1 1978 55.5 1979 54.8 1980 54.1 1981 53.2 1982 52.2 1983 51 1984 49.8 1985 48.6 1986 47.4 1987 46.1 1988 44.8 1989 43.4 1990 41.9 1991 40.6 1992 39.4 1993 38.4 1994 37.6 1995 37.2 1996 37.1 1997 37.2 1998 37.5 1999 37.7 2000 37.9 2001 37.9 2002 37.8 2003 37.6 2004 37.4 2005 37.1 2006 36.8 2007 36.6 2008 36.3 2009 36 2010 35.7 2011 35.3 2012 34.8 2013 34.2 2014 33.4 2015 32.7 2016 31.9 2017 31.1 2018 30.4 2019 29.5 2020 28.6 2021 27.7 2022 26.9