Year per 1,000 live births 1960 75 1961 72.9 1962 69.8 1963 66.2 1964 64.1 1965 65.8 1966 71.5 1967 76.3 1968 74 1969 67.8 1970 64.1 1971 64.7 1972 66.3 1973 64.5 1974 59.4 1975 53.5 1976 48.2 1977 43.8 1978 40.6 1979 38.2 1980 35.9 1981 33.7 1982 31.5 1983 29.2 1984 27.4 1985 26.8 1986 27.2 1987 27.5 1988 26.4 1989 24.4 1990 22.5 1991 21.4 1992 20.9 1993 21 1994 21.5 1995 22.1 1996 22.5 1997 22.5 1998 21.6 1999 20.2 2000 18.7 2001 17.3 2002 16.3 2003 15.7 2004 15.4 2005 15.2 2006 15 2007 14.8 2008 14.5 2009 14.2 2010 14.1 2011 14.2 2012 14.4 2013 14.4 2014 14.3 2015 14.2 2016 14.3 2017 14.6 2018 15 2019 15.4 2020 15.6 2021 15.3 2022 14.8