Year per 1,000 live births 1960 55.9 1961 54.3 1962 52.9 1963 51.6 1964 50.5 1965 49.5 1966 48.6 1967 47.8 1968 47.3 1969 46.9 1970 46.5 1971 46.2 1972 45.9 1973 45.5 1974 45.1 1975 44.5 1976 43.8 1977 43 1978 42.1 1979 41.1 1980 40 1981 38.7 1982 37.5 1983 36.1 1984 34.7 1985 33.2 1986 31.8 1987 30.4 1988 29 1989 27.7 1990 26.5 1991 25.3 1992 24.2 1993 23.2 1994 22.2 1995 21.3 1996 20.4 1997 19.5 1998 18.7 1999 17.8 2000 17 2001 16.1 2002 15.3 2003 14.4 2004 13.7 2005 12.9 2006 12.3 2007 11.8 2008 11.4 2009 11.1 2010 10.8 2011 10.7 2012 10.6 2013 10.6 2014 10.7 2015 10.9 2016 11.2 2017 11.6 2018 12 2019 12.6 2020 13.3 2021 14.1 2022 14.9