Year per 1,000 live births 1965 55.9 1966 54.3 1967 53 1968 52 1969 51.2 1970 50.9 1971 50.9 1972 51 1973 51.4 1974 51.7 1975 52.1 1976 52.2 1977 52.4 1978 52.5 1979 52.8 1980 53.2 1981 53.8 1982 54.6 1983 55.6 1984 56.7 1985 57.9 1986 62.7 1987 59.9 1988 60.8 1989 61.6 1990 62.2 1991 62.7 1992 62.7 1993 62.4 1994 61.6 1995 60.4 1996 58.7 1997 56.6 1998 54.2 1999 51.5 2000 48.7 2001 45.7 2002 42.9 2003 40 2004 37.4 2005 34.8 2006 32.5 2007 30.2 2008 28.2 2009 26.3 2010 24.4 2011 22.6 2012 20.9 2013 19.3 2014 17.7 2015 16.2 2016 14.8 2017 13.6 2018 12.6 2019 11.8 2020 11.1 2021 10.5 2022 10