Year per 1,000 live births 1960 82.4 1961 81.7 1962 81 1963 80.5 1964 80.1 1965 79.8 1966 79.5 1967 79.2 1968 78.9 1969 78.4 1970 77.8 1971 77.2 1972 76.4 1973 75.4 1974 74.3 1975 73.1 1976 71.8 1977 70.3 1978 68.7 1979 67 1980 65.2 1981 63.2 1982 61.1 1983 59 1984 56.9 1985 54.9 1986 52.9 1987 50.9 1988 49.1 1989 47.2 1990 45.5 1991 43.8 1992 42.3 1993 40.8 1994 39.5 1995 38.3 1996 37.2 1997 36.3 1998 35.4 1999 34.6 2000 33.8 2001 33 2002 32.2 2003 31.4 2004 30.7 2005 29.9 2006 29.1 2007 28.3 2008 27.4 2009 26.6 2010 25.9 2011 25.1 2012 24.4 2013 23.6 2014 22.9 2015 22.1 2016 21.5 2017 20.8 2018 20.1 2019 19.4 2020 18.7 2021 18.1 2022 17.4