Year per 1,000 live births 1960 78.2 1961 73.2 1962 67.6 1963 61.9 1964 56.1 1965 50.5 1966 45.1 1967 40.4 1968 36.3 1969 32.7 1970 29.7 1971 27.2 1972 25.2 1973 23.4 1974 22 1975 20.6 1976 19.3 1977 18 1978 16.8 1979 15.6 1980 14.6 1981 13.6 1982 12.9 1983 12.3 1984 12 1985 11.7 1986 11.6 1987 11.6 1988 11.8 1989 12 1990 12.3 1991 12.6 1992 13 1993 13.3 1994 13.6 1995 13.9 1996 14 1997 14 1998 13.9 1999 13.7 2000 13.5 2001 13.2 2002 12.9 2003 12.6 2004 12.3 2005 12 2006 11.7 2007 11.5 2008 11.2 2009 11 2010 10.8 2011 10.6 2012 10.4 2013 10.2 2014 10 2015 9.9 2016 9.7 2017 9.6 2018 9.4 2019 9.2 2020 9.1 2021 8.8 2022 8.6