Year per 1,000 live births 1960 72.6 1961 70.8 1962 69 1963 67.3 1964 65.6 1965 64.1 1966 62.6 1967 61.1 1968 59.6 1969 57.8 1970 55.7 1971 53.4 1972 50.9 1973 48.4 1974 46.1 1975 44.2 1976 42.6 1977 41.3 1978 40.2 1979 39.1 1980 38.1 1981 37 1982 35.8 1983 34.6 1984 33.5 1985 32.3 1986 31.2 1987 30.2 1988 29.2 1989 28.4 1990 27.6 1991 27 1992 26.6 1993 26.2 1994 25.9 1995 25.6 1996 25.3 1997 25 1998 24.6 1999 24.2 2000 23.6 2001 22.9 2002 22.2 2003 21.5 2004 20.8 2005 20.1 2006 19.4 2007 18.8 2008 18.2 2009 17.7 2010 17.2 2011 16.8 2012 16.5 2013 16.3 2014 16.1 2015 16 2016 15.9 2017 15.7 2018 15.3 2019 14.7 2020 13.9 2021 13.1 2022 12.3