Year per 1,000 live births 1965 60.9 1966 59.9 1967 58.6 1968 57.4 1969 56.1 1970 55 1971 54.1 1972 53.3 1973 52.8 1974 52.6 1975 52.7 1976 53 1977 53.4 1978 53.7 1979 53.9 1980 53.6 1981 52.9 1982 51.8 1983 50.4 1984 48.8 1985 47.1 1986 45.5 1987 44 1988 42.7 1989 41.5 1990 40.2 1991 39 1992 37.9 1993 37 1994 36.3 1995 35.8 1996 35.4 1997 35 1998 34.5 1999 33.9 2000 33.1 2001 32.2 2002 31.2 2003 30.2 2004 29.4 2005 28.7 2006 28.1 2007 27.4 2008 26.8 2009 26.2 2010 25.7 2011 25.1 2012 24.5 2013 23.9 2014 23.1 2015 22.4 2016 21.7 2017 21 2018 20.4 2019 19.9 2020 19.4 2021 18.8 2022 18.4