Year per 1,000 live births 1960 94.6 1961 88.4 1962 82.6 1963 77.4 1964 72.9 1965 68.9 1966 65.5 1967 62.7 1968 60.2 1969 57.8 1970 55.6 1971 53.2 1972 50.6 1973 47.9 1974 45.1 1975 42.3 1976 39.6 1977 37.1 1978 34.7 1979 32.5 1980 30.3 1981 28.3 1982 26.4 1983 24.7 1984 23.2 1985 21.8 1986 20.5 1987 19.3 1988 18.3 1989 17.4 1990 16.6 1991 15.8 1992 15.1 1993 14.4 1994 13.9 1995 13.3 1996 12.9 1997 12.4 1998 11.8 1999 11 2000 10.1 2001 9.4 2002 8.9 2003 8.6 2004 8.3 2005 8.2 2006 8.1 2007 8.1 2008 8.1 2009 8.1 2010 8.1 2011 8.1 2012 8.1 2013 8.1 2014 8.1 2015 8.1 2016 8.2 2017 8.2 2018 8.1 2019 8 2020 8 2021 7.9 2022 7.8