Year per 1,000 live births 1960 65.4 1961 64.9 1962 64.5 1963 64.1 1964 63.9 1965 63.7 1966 63.5 1967 63.2 1968 62.9 1969 62.6 1970 62.1 1971 61.7 1972 61.1 1973 60.5 1974 59.8 1975 59 1976 58.1 1977 57.1 1978 56.1 1979 54.9 1980 53.7 1981 52.3 1982 50.8 1983 49.4 1984 47.9 1985 46.4 1986 45 1987 43.6 1988 42.2 1989 40.8 1990 39.6 1991 38.3 1992 37.1 1993 36 1994 35 1995 34.1 1996 33.3 1997 32.5 1998 31.8 1999 31.1 2000 30.5 2001 29.9 2002 29.2 2003 28.6 2004 27.9 2005 27.3 2006 26.6 2007 25.9 2008 25.2 2009 24.6 2010 23.9 2011 23.2 2012 22.6 2013 22 2014 21.3 2015 20.7 2016 20.1 2017 19.5 2018 18.9 2019 18.3 2020 17.6 2021 17 2022 16.5