Year per 1,000 live births 1960 88.5 1961 85.3 1962 82.1 1963 79 1964 76 1965 73.2 1966 70.4 1967 67.8 1968 65.3 1969 63 1970 60.9 1971 58.8 1972 56.9 1973 55.2 1974 53.6 1975 52.2 1976 50.9 1977 49.7 1978 48.7 1979 47.8 1980 47.1 1981 46.5 1982 46 1983 45.4 1984 44.9 1985 44.2 1986 43.3 1987 42.3 1988 41.2 1989 40.1 1990 39.1 1991 38.3 1992 37.5 1993 36.9 1994 36.3 1995 35.6 1996 34.9 1997 34 1998 33.2 1999 32.4 2000 31.6 2001 30.9 2002 32.1 2003 30 2004 29.8 2005 29.7 2006 29.7 2007 29.7 2008 29.5 2009 29.1 2010 28.6 2011 28 2012 27.4 2013 26.7 2014 26 2015 25.3 2016 24.6 2017 23.9 2018 23.1 2019 22.5 2020 21.7 2021 21.1 2022 20.5