Year per 1,000 live births 1960 97.1 1961 92.5 1962 89.8 1963 88.1 1964 86.4 1965 84.3 1966 81.9 1967 79.4 1968 77 1969 75.3 1970 74.1 1971 73.2 1972 72.4 1973 71.4 1974 69.9 1975 67.7 1976 64.7 1977 61.1 1978 57.2 1979 53.1 1980 49.2 1981 45.9 1982 42.9 1983 39.4 1984 35.9 1985 32.5 1986 29.4 1987 26.9 1988 25.3 1989 28.4 1990 24.2 1991 23.9 1992 23.6 1993 23.2 1994 22.6 1995 22 1996 21.3 1997 20.6 1998 19.7 1999 18.9 2000 18.1 2001 17.5 2002 16.9 2003 16.4 2004 30 2005 15.3 2006 14.5 2007 13.7 2008 13 2009 21.8 2010 12.3 2011 11.9 2012 11.4 2013 10.9 2014 10.3 2015 9.7 2016 9.2 2017 8.7 2018 8.3 2019 8 2020 7.6 2021 7.4 2022 7.1