Year per 1,000 live births 1960 96.4 1961 93.1 1962 89.7 1963 86.4 1964 83.2 1965 80.3 1966 77.4 1967 74.5 1968 71.9 1969 69.6 1970 67.2 1971 65 1972 63 1973 61.1 1974 59.4 1975 57.9 1976 56.5 1977 55.2 1978 54.1 1979 53.2 1980 52.5 1981 51.9 1982 51.3 1983 50.8 1984 50.1 1985 49.4 1986 48.4 1987 47.4 1988 46.2 1989 45 1990 43.9 1991 43 1992 42.2 1993 41.6 1994 40.9 1995 40.2 1996 39.4 1997 38.4 1998 37.5 1999 36.6 2000 35.7 2001 35 2002 36.1 2003 34 2004 33.7 2005 33.6 2006 33.6 2007 33.5 2008 33.3 2009 32.8 2010 32.3 2011 31.6 2012 30.9 2013 30.1 2014 29.3 2015 28.5 2016 27.7 2017 26.9 2018 26.1 2019 25.3 2020 24.5 2021 23.7 2022 23.1