Year per 1,000 live births 1960 94.6 1961 91.5 1962 88.6 1963 85.5 1964 82.7 1965 79.8 1966 77 1967 74.2 1968 71.3 1969 68.4 1970 65.4 1971 62.5 1972 59.6 1973 56.8 1974 54.2 1975 51.8 1976 49.6 1977 47.5 1978 45.5 1979 43.7 1980 41.9 1981 40.2 1982 38.5 1983 37 1984 35.4 1985 33.9 1986 32.5 1987 31 1988 29.6 1989 28.2 1990 26.8 1991 25.4 1992 24.1 1993 22.9 1994 21.7 1995 20.6 1996 19.6 1997 18.6 1998 17.7 1999 16.8 2000 15.9 2001 15.1 2002 14.3 2003 13.6 2004 12.9 2005 12.2 2006 11.6 2007 11 2008 10.5 2009 10 2010 9.5 2011 9.2 2012 8.8 2013 8.5 2014 8.1 2015 7.9 2016 7.6 2017 7.4 2018 7.1 2019 6.9 2020 6.7 2021 6.4 2022 6.2