Year per 1,000 live births 1960 67.2 1961 64.7 1962 62.7 1963 60.9 1964 59.5 1965 58.3 1966 57.4 1967 56.7 1968 56.2 1969 55.8 1970 55.6 1971 55.4 1972 55.3 1973 55.2 1974 55.1 1975 54.9 1976 54.6 1977 54.3 1978 54 1979 53.6 1980 53.2 1981 52.8 1982 52.4 1983 51.9 1984 51.4 1985 50.9 1986 50.3 1987 49.6 1988 48.8 1989 47.9 1990 46.9 1991 45.8 1992 44.8 1993 43.7 1994 42.6 1995 41.6 1996 40.7 1997 39.8 1998 38.8 1999 37.9 2000 37.1 2001 36.3 2002 35.5 2003 34.7 2004 34 2005 33.4 2006 32.8 2007 32.2 2008 31.6 2009 31 2010 30.5 2011 30 2012 29.4 2013 28.8 2014 28.1 2015 27.4 2016 26.6 2017 25.9 2018 25.2 2019 24.4 2020 23.7 2021 23 2022 22.3