Year per 1,000 live births 1960 63.5 1961 62.9 1962 62.4 1963 62.2 1964 62.1 1965 62 1966 61.8 1967 61.6 1968 61.5 1969 61.4 1970 61.3 1971 61.4 1972 61.6 1973 62 1974 62.7 1975 63.4 1976 63.8 1977 63.8 1978 62.9 1979 61.4 1980 59.1 1981 56.4 1982 53.8 1983 51.3 1984 49.1 1985 47.1 1986 45.2 1987 43.5 1988 42.2 1989 41.5 1990 41.7 1991 42.9 1992 44.9 1993 47.3 1994 52.5 1995 50.9 1996 51.3 1997 50.7 1998 49.2 1999 46.9 2000 44.1 2001 41.1 2002 38.1 2003 35.3 2004 32.9 2005 30.7 2006 28.7 2007 27.1 2008 25.7 2009 24.5 2010 23.4 2011 22.4 2012 21.6 2013 20.9 2014 20.3 2015 19.9 2016 19.4 2017 19 2018 18.6 2019 18.2 2020 17.7 2021 17.4 2022 17