Year per 1,000 live births 1960 88.7 1961 82.6 1962 77 1963 72 1964 67.6 1965 63.8 1966 60.5 1967 57.7 1968 55.3 1969 53.1 1970 51 1971 48.6 1972 46.2 1973 43.6 1974 40.9 1975 38.3 1976 35.8 1977 33.4 1978 31.2 1979 29.2 1980 27.2 1981 25.3 1982 23.6 1983 22.1 1984 20.7 1985 19.4 1986 18.3 1987 17.3 1988 16.4 1989 15.6 1990 14.9 1991 14.2 1992 13.5 1993 13 1994 12.4 1995 12 1996 11.6 1997 11.1 1998 10.6 1999 9.9 2000 9.1 2001 8.5 2002 8 2003 7.7 2004 7.5 2005 7.4 2006 7.4 2007 7.4 2008 7.4 2009 7.4 2010 7.4 2011 7.3 2012 7.3 2013 7.3 2014 7.4 2015 7.4 2016 7.4 2017 7.4 2018 7.4 2019 7.3 2020 7.2 2021 7.2 2022 7.1