Year per 1,000 live births 1969 72.5 1970 71.7 1971 70.9 1972 69.8 1973 68.2 1974 66.1 1975 63.3 1976 59.8 1977 55.7 1978 51.2 1979 46.7 1980 42.8 1981 39.4 1982 36.6 1983 34.1 1984 32.1 1985 30.6 1986 29.6 1987 29.1 1988 29 1989 29 1990 28.8 1991 28.3 1992 27.6 1993 26.6 1994 25.4 1995 24.2 1996 23 1997 21.9 1998 20.9 1999 20.1 2000 19.4 2001 18.8 2002 18.4 2003 17.8 2004 17.3 2005 16.7 2006 16.2 2007 15.8 2008 15.4 2009 15 2010 14.5 2011 13.9 2012 13.3 2013 12.8 2014 12.2 2015 11.8 2016 11.4 2017 11 2018 10.6 2019 10.3 2020 10 2021 9.7 2022 9.4