Year per 1,000 live births 1972 107.7 1973 104.3 1974 101.2 1975 98.4 1976 95.8 1977 93.8 1978 92.2 1979 91.3 1980 90.7 1981 90.2 1982 89.5 1983 88.3 1984 86.4 1985 83.7 1986 80.4 1987 77 1988 74.3 1989 72.7 1990 72.6 1991 74.5 1992 77.3 1993 79.5 1994 79.8 1995 78.4 1996 75.8 1997 72.2 1998 68.2 1999 63.9 2000 59.6 2001 55.4 2002 51.3 2003 47.5 2004 44.1 2005 41.1 2006 38.5 2007 36.3 2008 34.6 2009 33.2 2010 32.1 2011 31.2 2012 30.4 2013 29.7 2014 29 2015 28.3 2016 27.6 2017 26.9 2018 26.2 2019 25.4 2020 24.7 2021 23.9 2022 23.2