Year per 1,000 live births 1960 97.4 1961 91.5 1962 85.9 1963 80.6 1964 75.5 1965 70.8 1966 66.5 1967 62.5 1968 58.9 1969 55.7 1970 52.8 1971 50.1 1972 47.5 1973 45 1974 42.6 1975 40.3 1976 38.1 1977 35.9 1978 33.8 1979 31.7 1980 29.5 1981 27.3 1982 25 1983 22.8 1984 21 1985 19.5 1986 18.4 1987 17.5 1988 16.7 1989 15.9 1990 16 1991 14.4 1992 13.8 1993 13.4 1994 13 1995 12.6 1996 12.3 1997 11.9 1998 11.5 1999 11.2 2000 11 2001 10.8 2002 10.6 2003 10.5 2004 10.3 2005 10.1 2006 10 2007 9.8 2008 9.7 2009 9.5 2010 9.2 2011 8.9 2012 8.5 2013 8.2 2014 8 2015 7.8 2016 7.7 2017 7.6 2018 7.6 2019 7.5 2020 7.5 2021 7.5 2022 7.4