Year per 1,000 live births 1989 53.8 1990 53.8 1991 53.8 1992 53.6 1993 53.5 1994 53.4 1995 53.2 1996 53 1997 52.5 1998 51.9 1999 51 2000 50 2001 49 2002 47.7 2003 46.3 2004 44.7 2005 43.2 2006 41.6 2007 40.1 2008 38.7 2009 37.3 2010 35.9 2011 34.8 2012 33.7 2013 32.6 2014 31.5 2015 30.6 2016 29.7 2017 29 2018 28.3 2019 27.7 2020 27.1 2021 26.6 2022 26