Year per 1,000 live births 1969 74.2 1970 69.5 1971 65.1 1972 60.9 1973 57.2 1974 53.8 1975 50.7 1976 47.8 1977 45.3 1978 43 1979 40.9 1980 38.9 1981 37.2 1982 35.5 1983 33.9 1984 32.2 1985 30.6 1986 29 1987 27.3 1988 25.7 1989 24.1 1990 22.5 1991 21 1992 19.6 1993 18.4 1994 17.3 1995 16.4 1996 15.7 1997 15 1998 14.5 1999 13.9 2000 13.4 2001 12.9 2002 12.5 2003 12 2004 11.6 2005 11.2 2006 10.9 2007 10.6 2008 10.3 2009 10.1 2010 9.8 2011 9.6 2012 9.3 2013 9 2014 8.7 2015 8.3 2016 7.9 2017 7.4 2018 7 2019 6.6 2020 6.2 2021 5.9 2022 5.6