Year per 1,000 live births 1960 71.2 1961 68.8 1962 66.6 1963 64.7 1964 62.9 1965 61.5 1966 60.2 1967 59.2 1968 58.4 1969 57.8 1970 57.4 1971 56.9 1972 56.5 1973 56 1974 55.4 1975 54.6 1976 53.7 1977 52.6 1978 51.3 1979 49.9 1980 48.3 1981 46.7 1982 44.8 1983 43 1984 41.1 1985 39.1 1986 37.3 1987 35.5 1988 33.6 1989 32 1990 30.5 1991 29 1992 27.7 1993 26.4 1994 25.2 1995 24.1 1996 23.1 1997 22 1998 21 1999 19.9 2000 18.9 2001 17.9 2002 17 2003 16 2004 15.1 2005 14.3 2006 13.5 2007 12.9 2008 12.5 2009 12.1 2010 11.9 2011 11.7 2012 11.6 2013 11.6 2014 11.7 2015 11.9 2016 12.2 2017 12.6 2018 13.1 2019 13.7 2020 14.4 2021 15.2 2022 16.1