Year per 1,000 live births 1960 82.8 1961 79.3 1962 76.2 1963 73.7 1964 71.6 1965 69.9 1966 68.5 1967 67.5 1968 66.8 1969 66.3 1970 66.1 1971 65.8 1972 65.7 1973 65.5 1974 65.3 1975 65.1 1976 64.8 1977 64.4 1978 63.9 1979 63.5 1980 62.8 1981 62.2 1982 61.5 1983 60.9 1984 60.2 1985 59.4 1986 58.5 1987 57.5 1988 56.3 1989 55 1990 53.6 1991 52.1 1992 50.6 1993 49.1 1994 47.7 1995 46.4 1996 45.1 1997 43.9 1998 42.9 1999 41.8 2000 40.8 2001 39.7 2002 38.8 2003 37.9 2004 36.9 2005 36.1 2006 35.4 2007 34.7 2008 34 2009 33.2 2010 32.6 2011 32 2012 31.3 2013 30.5 2014 29.7 2015 28.9 2016 28 2017 27.1 2018 26.3 2019 25.4 2020 24.7 2021 23.9 2022 23.1