Year per 1,000 live births 1960 98.7 1961 98.1 1962 97.3 1963 96.4 1964 95.4 1965 94.5 1966 93.3 1967 92.1 1968 91.1 1969 89.9 1970 88.8 1971 87.7 1972 86.7 1973 85.6 1974 84.5 1975 83.4 1976 82.2 1977 80.9 1978 79.6 1979 78.2 1980 76.6 1981 75 1982 73.3 1983 71.6 1984 69.9 1985 68.2 1986 66.5 1987 64.6 1988 62.7 1989 60.6 1990 58.5 1991 56.4 1992 54.3 1993 52.3 1994 50.4 1995 48.5 1996 46.7 1997 45 1998 43.3 1999 41.7 2000 40.1 2001 38.6 2002 37.2 2003 35.9 2004 34.6 2005 33.4 2006 32.2 2007 31.2 2008 30.1 2009 29.1 2010 28 2011 26.9 2012 25.9 2013 24.9 2014 23.9 2015 23 2016 22.1 2017 21.1 2018 20.2 2019 19.3 2020 18.4 2021 17.7 2022 17