Year per 1,000 live births 1967 57.2 1968 57.5 1969 57.7 1970 57.9 1971 58.1 1972 58.4 1973 58.7 1974 59.1 1975 59.5 1976 59.9 1977 60.3 1978 60.6 1979 60.6 1980 60.2 1981 59.4 1982 58.2 1983 56.6 1984 54.8 1985 52.8 1986 50.8 1987 49.1 1988 47.5 1989 46.2 1990 44.8 1991 43.8 1992 43 1993 42.7 1994 42.7 1995 43.1 1996 43.5 1997 43.4 1998 42.8 1999 41.9 2000 40.9 2001 40.1 2002 39.4 2003 38.9 2004 38.2 2005 35.3 2006 33.7 2007 34 2008 34 2009 34.9 2010 33.1 2011 33.3 2012 34.3 2013 32.2 2014 29.9 2015 29.6 2016 29 2017 28.4 2018 27.9 2019 27.3 2020 26.6 2021 26.2 2022 25.5