Year per 1,000 live births 1976 70.4 1977 71.3 1978 72.4 1979 73.5 1980 74.6 1981 75.2 1982 75.3 1983 74.7 1984 73.4 1985 71.7 1986 69.7 1987 67.7 1988 65.8 1989 64 1990 62.4 1991 61.1 1992 60.2 1993 59.5 1994 58.7 1995 57.6 1996 56.3 1997 54.2 1998 51.7 1999 49.1 2000 46.6 2001 44.4 2002 42.9 2003 41.7 2004 40.7 2005 39.7 2006 38.7 2007 37.9 2008 37.3 2009 36.8 2010 36.4 2011 36 2012 35.4 2013 34.8 2014 34.3 2015 33.8 2016 33.4 2017 33 2018 32.7 2019 32.2 2020 31.9 2021 31.5 2022 31