Year per 1,000 live births 1960 80 1961 76.9 1962 73.8 1963 71.1 1964 68.3 1965 65.6 1966 63.1 1967 60.7 1968 58.3 1969 56.1 1970 54.1 1971 52.2 1972 50.5 1973 48.9 1974 47.5 1975 46.1 1976 44.9 1977 43.8 1978 42.9 1979 42.1 1980 41.4 1981 40.8 1982 40.3 1983 39.8 1984 39.3 1985 38.6 1986 37.9 1987 37 1988 35.9 1989 35 1990 34.1 1991 33.3 1992 32.6 1993 32 1994 31.4 1995 30.8 1996 30.1 1997 29.4 1998 28.6 1999 27.9 2000 27.2 2001 26.6 2002 27.9 2003 25.9 2004 25.7 2005 25.6 2006 25.6 2007 25.6 2008 25.4 2009 25.1 2010 24.7 2011 24.2 2012 23.7 2013 23.1 2014 22.5 2015 21.9 2016 21.3 2017 20.7 2018 20 2019 19.4 2020 18.8 2021 18.3 2022 17.7