Year per 1,000 live births 1967 78.8 1968 75.9 1969 73 1970 70.2 1971 67.6 1972 65.2 1973 62.9 1974 60.7 1975 58.6 1976 56.7 1977 54.8 1978 53 1979 51.3 1980 49.6 1981 48 1982 46.3 1983 44.6 1984 42.9 1985 41.1 1986 39.2 1987 37.3 1988 35.4 1989 33.6 1990 31.8 1991 30.2 1992 28.6 1993 27.2 1994 26 1995 24.9 1996 23.9 1997 23 1998 22.2 1999 21.4 2000 20.6 2001 19.9 2002 19.3 2003 18.7 2004 18.3 2005 17.8 2006 17.4 2007 17.1 2008 16.8 2009 16.4 2010 16.1 2011 15.6 2012 15.2 2013 14.7 2014 14.1 2015 13.5 2016 12.9 2017 12.2 2018 11.6 2019 11.1 2020 10.5 2021 9.9 2022 9.4