Year per 1,000 live births 1971 58.7 1972 58.2 1973 57.6 1974 57 1975 56.5 1976 56 1977 55.4 1978 54.8 1979 54.3 1980 53.9 1981 53.6 1982 53.5 1983 53.5 1984 53.6 1985 53.6 1986 53.5 1987 53.2 1988 52.8 1989 52.2 1990 51.7 1991 51.1 1992 50.3 1993 49.6 1994 48.8 1995 47.9 1996 47.1 1997 46.1 1998 45.1 1999 44.2 2000 43.4 2001 42.6 2002 41.9 2003 41.2 2004 40.6 2005 39.8 2006 39 2007 38.3 2008 37.6 2009 36.9 2010 36.4 2011 35.9 2012 35.4 2013 35.1 2014 34.7 2015 34.4 2016 34.2 2017 33.9 2018 33.6 2019 33.2 2020 32.7 2021 32.3 2022 31.7