Year per 1,000 live births 1965 62.2 1966 60.5 1967 59 1968 57.9 1969 57.1 1970 56.8 1971 56.7 1972 57 1973 57.2 1974 57.7 1975 58 1976 58.2 1977 58.4 1978 58.6 1979 59 1980 59.4 1981 60.1 1982 61 1983 62.1 1984 63.3 1985 64.6 1986 69.5 1987 66.9 1988 67.8 1989 68.7 1990 69.3 1991 69.7 1992 69.7 1993 69.3 1994 68.5 1995 67 1996 65.2 1997 62.9 1998 60.3 1999 57.4 2000 54.3 2001 51.2 2002 48 2003 45 2004 42.1 2005 39.3 2006 36.7 2007 34.3 2008 32 2009 29.8 2010 27.7 2011 25.7 2012 23.8 2013 21.9 2014 20.1 2015 18.4 2016 16.8 2017 15.4 2018 14.3 2019 13.3 2020 12.6 2021 11.9 2022 11.3