Year per 1,000 live births 1972 113.8 1973 107.3 1974 101.3 1975 95.6 1976 90.1 1977 85 1978 80.2 1979 75.5 1980 71.3 1981 67.2 1982 63.3 1983 59.6 1984 56.1 1985 52.7 1986 49.4 1987 46.2 1988 43.1 1989 40.2 1990 37.4 1991 34.9 1992 32.6 1993 30.5 1994 28.6 1995 26.8 1996 25.1 1997 23.6 1998 22.1 1999 20.8 2000 19.6 2001 18.5 2002 17.5 2003 16.5 2004 15.6 2005 14.7 2006 13.9 2007 13.1 2008 12.3 2009 11.6 2010 10.9 2011 10.2 2012 9.6 2013 9 2014 8.4 2015 8 2016 7.5 2017 7.1 2018 6.7 2019 6.4 2020 6.1 2021 5.9 2022 5.6