Year per 1,000 live births 1974 112.8 1975 110.2 1976 107.9 1977 105.6 1978 103.8 1979 102 1980 100.5 1981 99.2 1982 97.7 1983 96.3 1984 94.8 1985 92.9 1986 90.9 1987 88.7 1988 86.3 1989 83.7 1990 80.7 1991 77.4 1992 73.7 1993 69.9 1994 66 1995 62.2 1996 58.6 1997 55.4 1998 52.6 1999 50.1 2000 47.8 2001 45.8 2002 44 2003 42.4 2004 40.8 2005 39.4 2006 38 2007 36.8 2008 35.6 2009 34.4 2010 33.4 2011 32.5 2012 31.6 2013 30.7 2014 29.9 2015 29.1 2016 28.3 2017 27.5 2018 26.8 2019 26.1 2020 25.4 2021 24.8 2022 24