Year per 1,000 live births 1960 70.4 1961 69.6 1962 68.6 1963 67.7 1964 66.5 1965 65 1966 63.3 1967 61.2 1968 58.7 1969 56 1970 53.1 1971 50 1972 46.9 1973 43.8 1974 40.5 1975 37.3 1976 34.1 1977 31 1978 28.1 1979 25.5 1980 23.2 1981 21.2 1982 19.5 1983 18.1 1984 17 1985 16 1986 15.2 1987 14.5 1988 13.9 1989 13.4 1990 12.9 1991 12.5 1992 12.2 1993 11.9 1994 11.6 1995 11.4 1996 11.3 1997 11.2 1998 11.1 1999 11 2000 11 2001 11 2002 11 2003 11 2004 11 2005 11 2006 11 2007 11.1 2008 11.1 2009 11.2 2010 11.2 2011 11.3 2012 11.4 2013 11.5 2014 11.5 2015 11.6 2016 11.6 2017 11.7 2018 11.7 2019 11.8 2020 11.8 2021 11.7 2022 11.5