Year per 1,000 live births 1965 96.6 1966 93.6 1967 90.5 1968 87.3 1969 84.1 1970 80.5 1971 76.8 1972 73 1973 69 1974 64.9 1975 61.1 1976 57.5 1977 54.1 1978 51.2 1979 48.6 1980 46.4 1981 44.5 1982 42.8 1983 41.4 1984 40.1 1985 39 1986 38.1 1987 37.3 1988 36.7 1989 36.1 1990 35.5 1991 34.8 1992 34.1 1993 33.3 1994 32.4 1995 31.5 1996 30.5 1997 29.4 1998 28.4 1999 27.4 2000 26.4 2001 25.5 2002 24.6 2003 23.7 2004 22.9 2005 22 2006 21.3 2007 20.6 2008 20.1 2009 19.7 2010 19.5 2011 19.5 2012 19.7 2013 20.1 2014 20.6 2015 21.2 2016 21.9 2017 22.6 2018 23 2019 23.2 2020 23 2021 22.8 2022 22.3