Year per 1,000 live births 1960 68.5 1961 67.7 1962 66.8 1963 65.7 1964 64.6 1965 63.4 1966 62.2 1967 60.9 1968 59.5 1969 58.4 1970 57.5 1971 56.7 1972 55.9 1973 55.1 1974 54.3 1975 53.6 1976 52.8 1977 51.9 1978 51 1979 49.9 1980 48.8 1981 47.7 1982 46.5 1983 45.2 1984 43.9 1985 42.6 1986 41.4 1987 40.3 1988 39.1 1989 38.1 1990 37.1 1991 36.3 1992 35.5 1993 34.6 1994 33.8 1995 32.9 1996 32 1997 31.1 1998 30.2 1999 29.4 2000 28.6 2001 27.8 2002 27 2003 26.2 2004 25.4 2005 24.6 2006 23.7 2007 22.7 2008 21.5 2009 20.3 2010 19.2 2011 18.1 2012 17.1 2013 16.1 2014 15.2 2015 14.4 2016 13.7 2017 13 2018 12.4 2019 11.9 2020 11.4 2021 11 2022 10.6