Year per 1,000 live births 1960 62.9 1961 62 1962 61.2 1963 60.3 1964 59.4 1965 58.5 1966 57.6 1967 56.9 1968 56.1 1969 55.4 1970 54.7 1971 54.1 1972 53.5 1973 52.8 1974 52.2 1975 51.4 1976 50.5 1977 49.5 1978 48.4 1979 47.6 1980 46.9 1981 46.4 1982 45.8 1983 45.2 1984 44.5 1985 43.7 1986 42.8 1987 41.9 1988 41.2 1989 40.7 1990 40.4 1991 40.3 1992 40.2 1993 40.2 1994 40.3 1995 40.2 1996 40.2 1997 40 1998 39.6 1999 39 2000 38.2 2001 37.1 2002 35.9 2003 34.7 2004 33.4 2005 32.1 2006 30.8 2007 29.7 2008 28.6 2009 27.7 2010 26.9 2011 26.3 2012 25.7 2013 25.3 2014 24.9 2015 24.5 2016 24 2017 23.5 2018 22.9 2019 22.2 2020 21.6 2021 21 2022 20.4