Year per 1,000 live births 1960 61.4 1961 59.4 1962 56.6 1963 53.7 1964 51.9 1965 53.4 1966 58.5 1967 62.6 1968 60.8 1969 55.5 1970 52.3 1971 53 1972 54.2 1973 52.5 1974 48.1 1975 43 1976 38.6 1977 35 1978 32.3 1979 30.2 1980 28.4 1981 26.5 1982 24.6 1983 22.7 1984 21.2 1985 20.5 1986 20.7 1987 20.8 1988 20 1989 18.4 1990 17 1991 16.1 1992 15.8 1993 15.8 1994 16.1 1995 16.6 1996 17 1997 17 1998 16.4 1999 15.4 2000 14.3 2001 13.4 2002 12.7 2003 12.3 2004 12.1 2005 12 2006 12 2007 11.8 2008 11.6 2009 11.4 2010 11.4 2011 11.5 2012 11.7 2013 11.8 2014 11.7 2015 11.6 2016 11.7 2017 11.9 2018 12.3 2019 12.6 2020 12.6 2021 12.4 2022 12