Year per 1,000 live births 1971 76.7 1972 74.7 1973 72.8 1974 71.1 1975 69.6 1976 68.2 1977 67 1978 65.7 1979 64.2 1980 62.4 1981 60.4 1982 58.3 1983 56.1 1984 54 1985 52 1986 50.2 1987 48.5 1988 47 1989 45.7 1990 44.8 1991 44.5 1992 44.7 1993 45.2 1994 45.5 1995 45.4 1996 44.6 1997 43 1998 40.9 1999 38.6 2000 36.3 2001 34 2002 31.9 2003 30 2004 28.1 2005 26.4 2006 24.7 2007 22.9 2008 21.1 2009 19.2 2010 17.4 2011 15.7 2012 14 2013 12.5 2014 11.2 2015 10.2 2016 9.5 2017 9.2 2018 9 2019 8.9 2020 8.8 2021 8.7 2022 8.5