Year per 1,000 live births 1977 89.8 1978 86.7 1979 83.6 1980 80.6 1981 77.7 1982 74.5 1983 71.5 1984 68.5 1985 65.6 1986 62.8 1987 60.2 1988 57.9 1989 56.1 1990 54.8 1991 54.2 1992 54.2 1993 54.4 1994 54.7 1995 54.8 1996 54.5 1997 53.7 1998 52.5 1999 50.7 2000 48.5 2001 46.1 2002 43.7 2003 41.5 2004 39.3 2005 37.3 2006 35.6 2007 34.1 2008 32.9 2009 32 2010 31.4 2011 31 2012 30.8 2013 30.8 2014 30.9 2015 31.1 2016 31.4 2017 31.6 2018 31.6 2019 31.4 2020 31 2021 30.4 2022 29.7