Year per 1,000 live births 1960 100.1 1961 93.7 1962 87.8 1963 82.5 1964 77.9 1965 73.8 1966 70.4 1967 67.4 1968 64.8 1969 62.4 1970 60 1971 57.5 1972 54.8 1973 51.9 1974 49 1975 46.1 1976 43.2 1977 40.5 1978 38 1979 35.6 1980 33.3 1981 31.1 1982 29.1 1983 27.2 1984 25.5 1985 23.9 1986 22.5 1987 21.3 1988 20.2 1989 19.2 1990 18.3 1991 17.4 1992 16.6 1993 15.9 1994 15.2 1995 14.6 1996 14.1 1997 13.6 1998 12.9 1999 12 2000 11.1 2001 10.3 2002 9.7 2003 9.3 2004 9.1 2005 8.9 2006 8.9 2007 8.9 2008 8.9 2009 8.9 2010 8.8 2011 8.8 2012 8.8 2013 8.8 2014 8.8 2015 8.9 2016 8.9 2017 8.9 2018 8.8 2019 8.8 2020 8.7 2021 8.6 2022 8.5