Year per 1,000 live births 1973 78.7 1974 78.5 1975 78.6 1976 78.6 1977 78.3 1978 77.3 1979 76 1980 74.1 1981 71.9 1982 69.6 1983 67.2 1984 64.8 1985 62.3 1986 59.8 1987 57.4 1988 55 1989 52.7 1990 50.6 1991 48.5 1992 46.7 1993 45.1 1994 43.8 1995 42.9 1996 42.3 1997 41.8 1998 41.3 1999 40.8 2000 40.4 2001 39.8 2002 39.4 2003 38.8 2004 38.2 2005 37.5 2006 36.9 2007 36.3 2008 35.6 2009 34.8 2010 34.1 2011 33.4 2012 32.6 2013 31.8 2014 31 2015 30.3 2016 29.5 2017 28.9 2018 28.1 2019 27.4 2020 26.8 2021 26.1 2022 25.4