Year per 1,000 live births 1960 74.6 1961 71.2 1962 68.2 1963 65.3 1964 62.3 1965 59.3 1966 56.1 1967 52.9 1968 49.6 1969 46.5 1970 43.5 1971 40.9 1972 38.6 1973 36.7 1974 35.1 1975 33.7 1976 32.4 1977 31.2 1978 30 1979 28.6 1980 27.2 1981 25.6 1982 24 1983 22.3 1984 20.6 1985 19 1986 17.4 1987 15.9 1988 14.6 1989 13.4 1990 12.3 1991 11.4 1992 10.5 1993 9.7 1994 9 1995 8.3 1996 7.7 1997 7.2 1998 6.8 1999 6.4 2000 6 2001 5.7 2002 5.4 2003 5.1 2004 4.8 2005 4.5 2006 4.1 2007 3.8 2008 3.6 2009 3.4 2010 3.2 2011 3.1 2012 3 2013 2.9 2014 2.8 2015 2.7 2016 2.7 2017 2.6 2018 2.5 2019 2.4 2020 2.3 2021 2.2 2022 2.1