Year per 1,000 live births 1977 120.1 1978 115.6 1979 111 1980 106.5 1981 102.3 1982 97.7 1983 93.2 1984 88.7 1985 84.4 1986 80.2 1987 76.5 1988 73.3 1989 70.7 1990 68.9 1991 68.1 1992 68 1993 68.3 1994 68.8 1995 68.9 1996 68.6 1997 67.5 1998 65.6 1999 63 2000 60 2001 56.6 2002 53.3 2003 50.1 2004 47.1 2005 44.5 2006 42.3 2007 40.3 2008 38.7 2009 37.6 2010 36.8 2011 36.2 2012 35.9 2013 35.9 2014 36 2015 36.3 2016 36.6 2017 37 2018 37 2019 36.7 2020 36.1 2021 35.4 2022 34.6