Year per 1,000 live births 1967 72.1 1968 69.1 1969 66.5 1970 64 1971 61.6 1972 59.2 1973 57.1 1974 55 1975 53 1976 51.2 1977 49.4 1978 47.7 1979 46 1980 44.5 1981 43 1982 41.4 1983 39.8 1984 38.3 1985 36.6 1986 35 1987 33.3 1988 31.6 1989 29.9 1990 28.3 1991 26.8 1992 25.5 1993 24.2 1994 23.1 1995 22.1 1996 21.3 1997 20.5 1998 19.8 1999 19.1 2000 18.4 2001 17.8 2002 17.3 2003 16.8 2004 16.4 2005 16 2006 15.7 2007 15.4 2008 15.1 2009 14.8 2010 14.5 2011 14.1 2012 13.6 2013 13.2 2014 12.6 2015 12.1 2016 11.5 2017 11 2018 10.4 2019 9.9 2020 9.4 2021 8.9 2022 8.4