Year per 1,000 live births 1966 71.5 1967 69.6 1968 67.4 1969 65.3 1970 63.3 1971 61.6 1972 60.2 1973 58.9 1974 57.8 1975 56.4 1976 55 1977 53.7 1978 52.4 1979 51.1 1980 50.1 1981 49.2 1982 48.4 1983 47.8 1984 47 1985 46 1986 45 1987 43.9 1988 43 1989 42 1990 41 1991 39.9 1992 38.9 1993 38 1994 37 1995 35.9 1996 34.7 1997 33.3 1998 31.9 1999 30.6 2000 29.5 2001 28.6 2002 27.9 2003 27.4 2004 26.9 2005 26.4 2006 25.7 2007 24.9 2008 24 2009 23 2010 22 2011 21 2012 20.1 2013 19 2014 17.9 2015 17 2016 16.2 2017 15.5 2018 14.8 2019 14.2 2020 13.7 2021 13.2 2022 12.7