Year per 1,000 live births 1960 79.8 1961 76.3 1962 73.2 1963 70.2 1964 67.1 1965 63.9 1966 60.5 1967 57.1 1968 53.7 1969 50.3 1970 47.2 1971 44.4 1972 42 1973 39.9 1974 38.2 1975 36.7 1976 35.4 1977 34.1 1978 32.8 1979 31.3 1980 29.7 1981 28.1 1982 26.3 1983 24.4 1984 22.6 1985 20.8 1986 19.1 1987 17.5 1988 16 1989 14.7 1990 13.5 1991 12.4 1992 11.4 1993 10.6 1994 9.7 1995 9 1996 8.4 1997 7.8 1998 7.3 1999 6.8 2000 6.5 2001 6.1 2002 5.8 2003 5.5 2004 5.1 2005 4.8 2006 4.4 2007 4.1 2008 3.9 2009 3.7 2010 3.5 2011 3.4 2012 3.3 2013 3.2 2014 3.1 2015 3 2016 2.9 2017 2.8 2018 2.8 2019 2.7 2020 2.6 2021 2.5 2022 2.4