Year per 1,000 live births 1960 63 1961 61.9 1962 60.7 1963 59.5 1964 58.5 1965 57.9 1966 57.3 1967 56.9 1968 56.3 1969 55.2 1970 54 1971 53 1972 52.9 1973 53.4 1974 54 1975 54 1976 53 1977 50.4 1978 47.2 1979 43.1 1980 38.9 1981 35.3 1982 32.6 1983 30.4 1984 29 1985 27.9 1986 26.9 1987 25.7 1988 24.6 1989 23.7 1990 23 1991 22.6 1992 22.3 1993 21.9 1994 21.4 1995 20.8 1996 19.9 1997 18.9 1998 17.9 1999 17.1 2000 16.5 2001 16 2002 15.7 2003 15.2 2004 14.6 2005 13.8 2006 13 2007 12.2 2008 11.4 2009 10.8 2010 10.3 2011 9.9 2012 9.6 2013 9.2 2014 8.9 2015 8.5 2016 8 2017 7.6 2018 7.2 2019 6.9 2020 6.6 2021 6.4 2022 6.2