Year per 1,000 live births 1960 82.4 1961 79.5 1962 76.8 1963 74.4 1964 79.3 1965 70 1966 67.8 1967 65.5 1968 63.2 1969 60.9 1970 58.5 1971 56.3 1972 54.1 1973 51.9 1974 49.7 1975 47.6 1976 45.6 1977 43.6 1978 41.7 1979 39.9 1980 38.3 1981 36.8 1982 35.4 1983 34.1 1984 32.9 1985 31.8 1986 30.7 1987 29.7 1988 28.8 1989 28 1990 27.2 1991 26.4 1992 25.6 1993 24.9 1994 24.1 1995 23.3 1996 22.6 1997 21.9 1998 21.2 1999 20.5 2000 19.8 2001 19.2 2002 18.7 2003 18.4 2004 18.2 2005 18.1 2006 18 2007 18.1 2008 18.2 2009 20.3 2010 18.2 2011 18.1 2012 18 2013 17.8 2014 17.6 2015 17.5 2016 17.3 2017 17.1 2018 16.9 2019 17.4 2020 16.1 2021 15.7 2022 15.3