Year per 1,000 live births 1960 64.5 1961 63.6 1962 62.5 1963 61.6 1964 60.6 1965 59.8 1966 59 1967 58.3 1968 57.7 1969 57.2 1970 56.5 1971 55.8 1972 55.1 1973 54.2 1974 53.1 1975 51.9 1976 50.6 1977 49.1 1978 47.7 1979 46.3 1980 45 1981 43.6 1982 42.3 1983 40.9 1984 39.6 1985 38.4 1986 37.2 1987 36 1988 34.9 1989 33.7 1990 32.4 1991 30.9 1992 29.3 1993 27.7 1994 26.1 1995 24.6 1996 23.1 1997 21.8 1998 20.6 1999 19.5 2000 18.4 2001 17.2 2002 15.9 2003 14.7 2004 13.7 2005 12.7 2006 11.7 2007 10.9 2008 10.1 2009 9.4 2010 8.7 2011 8.1 2012 7.6 2013 7.2 2014 6.8 2015 6.5 2016 6.2 2017 6 2018 5.8 2019 5.6 2020 5.4 2021 5.2 2022 5