Year per 1,000 live births 1968 171.5 1969 168 1970 164.8 1971 161.3 1972 158.1 1973 154.7 1974 151 1975 147.4 1976 144 1977 140.4 1978 137.2 1979 134 1980 131 1981 128.2 1982 125.5 1983 123.1 1984 120.6 1985 118.3 1986 116 1987 113.8 1988 111.7 1989 109.3 1990 106.8 1991 104.4 1992 101.8 1993 99.3 1994 96.8 1995 94.3 1996 91.8 1997 89.4 1998 87 1999 84.7 2000 82.3 2001 80.1 2002 77.8 2003 75.5 2004 73.1 2005 70.6 2006 68.1 2007 65.5 2008 95.1 2009 60.2 2010 57.6 2011 55.2 2012 52.8 2013 50.5 2014 48.5 2015 46.5 2016 44.7 2017 43.1 2018 41.6 2019 40 2020 38.7 2021 37.3 2022 36