Year per 1,000 live births 1960 60.8 1961 60.3 1962 59.9 1963 59.6 1964 59.3 1965 59.1 1966 58.9 1967 58.7 1968 58.5 1969 58.2 1970 57.9 1971 57.4 1972 56.9 1973 56.3 1974 55.6 1975 54.9 1976 54 1977 53.1 1978 52.1 1979 50.9 1980 49.7 1981 48.5 1982 47.1 1983 45.7 1984 44.2 1985 42.8 1986 41.5 1987 40.2 1988 38.9 1989 37.6 1990 36.3 1991 35.2 1992 34 1993 33 1994 32.1 1995 31.2 1996 30.4 1997 29.7 1998 29.1 1999 28.5 2000 27.9 2001 27.3 2002 26.7 2003 26.1 2004 25.5 2005 24.9 2006 24.3 2007 23.7 2008 23 2009 22.4 2010 21.8 2011 21.2 2012 20.6 2013 20 2014 19.4 2015 18.8 2016 18.3 2017 17.7 2018 17.2 2019 16.6 2020 16 2021 15.5 2022 15