Year per 1,000 live births 1977 144.2 1978 139.4 1979 134.7 1980 129.8 1981 124.9 1982 119.9 1983 115.1 1984 110.1 1985 105.4 1986 100.9 1987 96.8 1988 93.1 1989 90.2 1990 88.3 1991 87.7 1992 87.6 1993 88 1994 88.6 1995 88.8 1996 88.4 1997 87.1 1998 85 1999 81.8 2000 78.1 2001 73.9 2002 69.9 2003 65.9 2004 62.4 2005 59.1 2006 56.2 2007 53.8 2008 51.8 2009 50.3 2010 49.3 2011 48.5 2012 48.1 2013 47.9 2014 48.1 2015 48.3 2016 48.7 2017 49.1 2018 49.1 2019 48.6 2020 47.8 2021 46.9 2022 45.8