Year per 1,000 live births 1967 62.3 1968 62.5 1969 62.6 1970 62.7 1971 63 1972 63.3 1973 63.6 1974 64 1975 64.5 1976 65 1977 65.4 1978 65.7 1979 65.7 1980 65.3 1981 64.5 1982 63.2 1983 61.6 1984 59.6 1985 57.6 1986 55.6 1987 53.7 1988 52 1989 50.6 1990 49.1 1991 48.1 1992 47.4 1993 47 1994 47 1995 47.5 1996 48 1997 47.9 1998 47.3 1999 46.3 2000 45.3 2001 44.4 2002 43.6 2003 43.1 2004 42.4 2005 39.2 2006 37.4 2007 37.8 2008 37.8 2009 38.8 2010 36.9 2011 37.1 2012 38.2 2013 35.9 2014 33.4 2015 33.1 2016 32.5 2017 31.7 2018 31.2 2019 30.5 2020 29.9 2021 29.3 2022 28.6