Year per 1,000 live births 1965 68.1 1966 66.3 1967 64.7 1968 63.5 1969 62.8 1970 62.3 1971 62.3 1972 62.5 1973 62.9 1974 63.3 1975 63.6 1976 64 1977 64.2 1978 64.5 1979 64.9 1980 65.4 1981 66.1 1982 67 1983 68.3 1984 69.6 1985 71 1986 75.9 1987 73.4 1988 74.4 1989 75.3 1990 76 1991 76.3 1992 76.4 1993 75.9 1994 74.9 1995 73.4 1996 71.4 1997 68.9 1998 66.1 1999 63 2000 59.7 2001 56.4 2002 53 2003 49.8 2004 46.6 2005 43.6 2006 40.7 2007 38.1 2008 35.5 2009 33.1 2010 30.8 2011 28.7 2012 26.5 2013 24.4 2014 22.4 2015 20.5 2016 18.7 2017 17.1 2018 15.9 2019 14.8 2020 14 2021 13.2 2022 12.6