Year per 1,000 live births 1977 101.7 1978 98.5 1979 95.3 1980 92 1981 88.8 1982 85.5 1983 82.2 1984 79 1985 75.8 1986 72.8 1987 70 1988 67.5 1989 65.5 1990 64.2 1991 63.6 1992 63.6 1993 63.9 1994 64.2 1995 64.4 1996 64.1 1997 63.2 1998 61.7 1999 59.6 2000 57.1 2001 54.4 2002 51.6 2003 49 2004 46.5 2005 44.2 2006 42.1 2007 40.4 2008 39.1 2009 38 2010 37.2 2011 36.7 2012 36.4 2013 36.3 2014 36.5 2015 36.7 2016 37 2017 37.3 2018 37.3 2019 37 2020 36.4 2021 35.8 2022 35