Year per 1,000 live births 1974 90.6 1975 86.5 1976 82.6 1977 78.8 1978 75.2 1979 71.8 1980 68.7 1981 65.8 1982 63.1 1983 60.5 1984 58.2 1985 56 1986 54 1987 52.2 1988 50.5 1989 49.1 1990 47.9 1991 46.9 1992 46.3 1993 45.9 1994 45.9 1995 46 1996 46.4 1997 47.2 1998 47.6 1999 48 2000 49 2001 49.4 2002 49.8 2003 49.7 2004 49.6 2005 49.9 2006 49.1 2007 47.5 2008 44 2009 40 2010 35.7 2011 33.4 2012 32 2013 31.1 2014 30.4 2015 29.8 2016 29.4 2017 28.9 2018 28.5 2019 28.2 2020 28.1 2021 27.8 2022 27.7