Year per 1,000 live births 1972 117.7 1973 114.2 1974 110.7 1975 107.7 1976 105 1977 102.9 1978 101.4 1979 100.4 1980 99.8 1981 99.3 1982 98.6 1983 97.3 1984 95.3 1985 92.5 1986 89 1987 85.4 1988 82.5 1989 80.8 1990 80.7 1991 82.7 1992 85.7 1993 88.1 1994 88.5 1995 87.1 1996 84.4 1997 80.7 1998 76.5 1999 72 2000 67.4 2001 62.8 2002 58.4 2003 54.2 2004 50.5 2005 47.1 2006 44.2 2007 41.8 2008 39.8 2009 38.2 2010 37 2011 35.9 2012 35 2013 34.3 2014 33.5 2015 32.7 2016 31.9 2017 31.1 2018 30.2 2019 29.4 2020 28.5 2021 27.6 2022 26.7