Year per 1,000 live births 1969 70.5 1970 69.9 1971 68.9 1972 67.8 1973 66.6 1974 65.2 1975 63.8 1976 62.4 1977 61.2 1978 59.8 1979 58.6 1980 57.4 1981 56.3 1982 55.5 1983 55 1984 54.7 1985 54.5 1986 54.2 1987 53.7 1988 53 1989 52 1990 50.9 1991 49.7 1992 48.5 1993 47.3 1994 46.2 1995 45.2 1996 44.3 1997 43.4 1998 42.3 1999 40.8 2000 39.1 2001 37 2002 34.8 2003 32.8 2004 31 2005 29.7 2006 28.9 2007 28.4 2008 28 2009 27.5 2010 26.8 2011 25.9 2012 24.9 2013 24 2014 23.2 2015 22.5 2016 21.8 2017 21.2 2018 20.7 2019 20.1 2020 19.6 2021 19.1 2022 18.7