Year per 1,000 live births 1960 63.4 1961 62.1 1962 60.6 1963 59.3 1964 58.3 1965 57.7 1966 57.4 1967 57 1968 56.4 1969 55.3 1970 54 1971 53.3 1972 53.3 1973 53.9 1974 54.6 1975 54.9 1976 54.1 1977 51.8 1978 48.3 1979 44.1 1980 39.7 1981 36 1982 33.1 1983 30.9 1984 29.5 1985 28.5 1986 27.4 1987 26.2 1988 25.1 1989 24.2 1990 23.6 1991 23.2 1992 22.8 1993 22.4 1994 21.9 1995 21.2 1996 20.3 1997 19.3 1998 18.4 1999 17.6 2000 17 2001 16.5 2002 16.2 2003 15.8 2004 15.2 2005 14.4 2006 13.6 2007 12.7 2008 11.9 2009 11.3 2010 10.8 2011 10.3 2012 10 2013 9.7 2014 9.3 2015 8.9 2016 8.5 2017 8 2018 7.7 2019 7.3 2020 7 2021 6.8 2022 6.6