Year per 1,000 live births 1960 87 1961 84.5 1962 82 1963 79.6 1964 77.3 1965 75.1 1966 73.1 1967 71 1968 68.6 1969 66 1970 63 1971 59.7 1972 56.2 1973 52.9 1974 49.9 1975 47.4 1976 45.3 1977 43.6 1978 42.2 1979 40.9 1980 39.7 1981 38.3 1982 36.9 1983 35.5 1984 34.1 1985 32.7 1986 31.4 1987 30.3 1988 29.3 1989 28.3 1990 27.5 1991 26.8 1992 26.3 1993 25.9 1994 25.5 1995 25.2 1996 24.9 1997 24.6 1998 24.2 1999 23.7 2000 23.1 2001 22.4 2002 21.7 2003 21 2004 20.3 2005 19.6 2006 18.9 2007 18.3 2008 17.7 2009 17.2 2010 16.8 2011 16.4 2012 16.1 2013 15.8 2014 15.7 2015 15.6 2016 15.6 2017 15.5 2018 15.1 2019 14.5 2020 13.7 2021 12.9 2022 12.2