Year per 1,000 live births 1960 87.9 1961 84 1962 80.5 1963 77.4 1964 74.8 1965 72.5 1966 70.4 1967 68.3 1968 66.3 1969 64.1 1970 61.9 1971 59.5 1972 57 1973 54.6 1974 52.3 1975 50.3 1976 48.4 1977 46.7 1978 45.1 1979 43.6 1980 42.2 1981 40.7 1982 39.5 1983 38.3 1984 37.1 1985 36 1986 35 1987 34.1 1988 33.2 1989 32.4 1990 31.6 1991 30.7 1992 30 1993 29.1 1994 28.3 1995 27.5 1996 26.6 1997 25.6 1998 24.7 1999 23.9 2000 23.2 2001 22.6 2002 22.1 2003 21.8 2004 21.6 2005 21.5 2006 21.5 2007 21.5 2008 21.5 2009 21.4 2010 21.4 2011 21.3 2012 21.2 2013 21.1 2014 21 2015 20.8 2016 20.8 2017 20.8 2018 20.9 2019 21 2020 21.1 2021 21.1 2022 20.9