Year per 1,000 live births 1969 85.4 1970 84.8 1971 84.2 1972 83.5 1973 82.6 1974 81.5 1975 80.3 1976 78.9 1977 77.3 1978 75.7 1979 74 1980 72.4 1981 70.9 1982 69.2 1983 67.7 1984 66.1 1985 64.6 1986 63.1 1987 61.6 1988 60 1989 58.6 1990 57.2 1991 55.9 1992 54.7 1993 53.5 1994 52.3 1995 51.1 1996 50 1997 48.7 1998 47.4 1999 46.1 2000 44.7 2001 43.3 2002 41.8 2003 40.4 2004 39.1 2005 37.8 2006 36.6 2007 35.4 2008 34.2 2009 33 2010 31.8 2011 30.6 2012 29.4 2013 28.2 2014 27.1 2015 26 2016 24.9 2017 23.8 2018 22.7 2019 21.4 2020 20.2 2021 19.1 2022 18.1