Year per 1,000 live births 1960 23.1 1961 22.6 1962 22.3 1963 21.9 1964 21.7 1965 21.6 1966 21.7 1967 21.9 1968 22 1969 22.1 1970 22 1971 21.7 1972 21.3 1973 20.9 1974 20.6 1975 20.5 1976 20.7 1977 21 1978 21.3 1979 21.4 1980 21.3 1981 21.1 1982 20.8 1983 20.1 1984 19.5 1985 19 1986 18.4 1987 17.9 1988 17.4 1989 16.9 1990 16.5 1991 15.9 1992 15.4 1993 14.8 1994 14.4 1995 14 1996 13.6 1997 13.2 1998 12.8 1999 12.4 2000 12.1 2001 11.8 2002 11.4 2003 11.2 2004 10.9 2005 10.7 2006 10.5 2007 10.3 2008 10.2 2009 10.1 2010 10.1 2011 10.2 2012 10.6 2013 10.7 2014 10.8 2015 10.9 2016 10.9 2017 11.1 2018 11.2 2019 11 2020 10.9 2021 10.7 2022 10.5