Year per 1,000 live births 1971 68.8 1972 67.4 1973 65.9 1974 64.6 1975 63.5 1976 62.5 1977 61.5 1978 60.6 1979 59.3 1980 57.9 1981 56.4 1982 54.8 1983 53.1 1984 51.4 1985 49.9 1986 48.4 1987 47 1988 45.7 1989 44.6 1990 44 1991 43.8 1992 44 1993 44.5 1994 44.8 1995 44.7 1996 44 1997 42.6 1998 40.8 1999 38.7 2000 36.6 2001 34.5 2002 32.5 2003 30.7 2004 28.9 2005 27.3 2006 25.6 2007 23.8 2008 21.9 2009 20.1 2010 18.2 2011 16.4 2012 14.6 2013 13 2014 11.6 2015 10.6 2016 9.8 2017 9.4 2018 9.2 2019 9.1 2020 9 2021 8.9 2022 8.7