Year per 1,000 live births 1960 98.4 1961 93.7 1962 88.1 1963 82.5 1964 78.9 1965 80.4 1966 87.1 1967 92.5 1968 89.2 1969 80.8 1970 75.5 1971 75.9 1972 76.9 1973 73.7 1974 66.7 1975 58.9 1976 52.1 1977 46.6 1978 42.3 1979 39.1 1980 36.3 1981 33.5 1982 30.8 1983 28.1 1984 25.9 1985 25 1986 25 1987 25 1988 23.8 1989 21.8 1990 20 1991 18.9 1992 18.4 1993 18.4 1994 18.8 1995 19.3 1996 19.7 1997 19.7 1998 18.9 1999 17.8 2000 16.5 2001 15.5 2002 14.6 2003 14.2 2004 14 2005 13.9 2006 13.8 2007 13.6 2008 13.4 2009 13.1 2010 13.1 2011 13.2 2012 13.4 2013 13.4 2014 13.3 2015 13.2 2016 13.3 2017 13.5 2018 13.9 2019 14.2 2020 14.2 2021 13.9 2022 13.4