Year per 1,000 live births 1960 58.1 1961 57.3 1962 56.5 1963 55.6 1964 54.6 1965 53.6 1966 52.4 1967 51.2 1968 49.9 1969 48.5 1970 46.9 1971 45.3 1972 43.7 1973 42.2 1974 40.6 1975 39 1976 37.4 1977 35.8 1978 34.3 1979 32.8 1980 31.3 1981 29.9 1982 28.6 1983 27.4 1984 26.2 1985 25.2 1986 24.2 1987 23.3 1988 22.4 1989 21.5 1990 20.7 1991 19.6 1992 18.5 1993 17.5 1994 16.5 1995 15.6 1996 14.8 1997 14 1998 13.2 1999 12.5 2000 11.8 2001 11.2 2002 10.6 2003 10 2004 9.5 2005 9 2006 8.5 2007 8 2008 7.6 2009 7.2 2010 6.9 2011 6.6 2012 6.3 2013 6.1 2014 5.9 2015 5.7 2016 5.4 2017 5.3 2018 5.1 2019 4.9 2020 4.8 2021 4.6 2022 4.5