Year per 1,000 live births 1960 58.7 1961 57.6 1962 56.6 1963 55.5 1964 54.5 1965 54.2 1966 52.7 1967 51.9 1968 50.9 1969 50 1970 49.1 1971 48.2 1972 47.2 1973 46.1 1974 44.9 1975 43.9 1976 42.7 1977 41.7 1978 40.7 1979 39.8 1980 38.8 1981 37.8 1982 36.8 1983 35.7 1984 34.8 1985 33.9 1986 33.2 1987 32.6 1988 32 1989 31.4 1990 30.9 1991 30.3 1992 29.7 1993 29.1 1994 28.4 1995 27.6 1996 26.7 1997 25.7 1998 24.7 1999 23.8 2000 22.9 2001 22.1 2002 21.4 2003 20.8 2004 20.4 2005 19.8 2006 19.4 2007 19 2008 18.6 2009 17.9 2010 17.3 2011 16.6 2012 15.9 2013 15.3 2014 14.6 2015 14 2016 13.4 2017 12.9 2018 12.4 2019 12 2020 11.5 2021 11.1 2022 10.7