Year per 1,000 live births 1974 122.1 1975 115.8 1976 109.8 1977 103.9 1978 98.4 1979 93.3 1980 88.5 1981 84 1982 79.9 1983 76 1984 72.4 1985 69.1 1986 66.2 1987 63.4 1988 60.9 1989 58.9 1990 57.2 1991 56 1992 55.4 1993 55.3 1994 55.8 1995 56.8 1996 58.3 1997 60.2 1998 62.3 1999 64.4 2000 67 2001 69.2 2002 71.1 2003 72.3 2004 73.5 2005 75 2006 74.8 2007 70.7 2008 64.3 2009 56.6 2010 48.4 2011 42.6 2012 38.8 2013 37 2014 35.8 2015 35 2016 34.4 2017 33.8 2018 33.3 2019 32.9 2020 32.5 2021 32 2022 31.8