Year per 1,000 live births 1990 10.54197121239169 1991 10.253141438124407 1992 9.876383229900492 1993 9.56187597158425 1994 9.22047037050458 1995 8.861373695298147 1996 8.473728185918606 1997 8.07401377340648 1998 7.716861563017607 1999 7.365765848479262 2000 6.993560784619884 2001 6.721096208006866 2002 6.392211169624053 2003 6.0390071366799365 2004 5.727008032732484 2005 5.488378712607407 2006 5.240019382781463 2007 5.050923278807765 2008 4.8986014456055065 2009 4.781143137399631 2010 4.634677544323245 2011 4.539655359617607 2012 4.448586808816671 2013 4.348360021625413 2014 4.272311942275974 2015 4.179264156045305 2016 4.125772175728622 2017 4.119543354490888 2018 4.107455341637335 2019 4.026919990877672 2020 3.937058867211452 2021 3.7834136761156603 2022 3.6370464884588567