Year per 1,000 live births 1960 95.8 1961 92.7 1962 90.2 1963 88 1964 86 1965 84.2 1966 82.4 1967 80.7 1968 79.2 1969 78 1970 77 1971 76.2 1972 75.9 1973 75.7 1974 75.6 1975 75.4 1976 75.2 1977 74.8 1978 74.3 1979 73.4 1980 72.4 1981 71.4 1982 70.3 1983 69 1984 67.6 1985 65.7 1986 63.3 1987 60.4 1988 57.2 1989 53.8 1990 50.4 1991 47.4 1992 44.6 1993 42.2 1994 40.2 1995 38.5 1996 37 1997 35.6 1998 34.6 1999 33.6 2000 32.9 2001 32.2 2002 31.5 2003 30.8 2004 30.2 2005 29.4 2006 28.7 2007 28.1 2008 27.5 2009 27 2010 26.5 2011 26.1 2012 25.7 2013 25.4 2014 25.1 2015 25 2016 24.9 2017 25 2018 25.1 2019 25.1 2020 25.1 2021 24.9 2022 24.6