Year per 1,000 live births 1967 280.4 1968 281.3 1969 281.6 1970 281.7 1971 281.4 1972 280.5 1973 279.7 1974 278.6 1975 277.6 1976 276.6 1977 276 1978 275.6 1979 275.6 1980 275.7 1981 275.8 1982 275.1 1983 273.3 1984 271.2 1985 268.1 1986 264.7 1987 261.4 1988 258.5 1989 255.4 1990 252.5 1991 249.1 1992 245.4 1993 241 1994 235.3 1995 227.8 1996 219.2 1997 209.4 1998 198.7 1999 188 2000 177.8 2001 168.4 2002 159.9 2003 152.2 2004 145.3 2005 138.8 2006 132.9 2007 125.3 2008 118.8 2009 112.6 2010 109.6 2011 105.1 2012 100.6 2013 95.9 2014 92 2015 87.4 2016 84 2017 81.5 2018 79.3 2019 76.7 2020 74.5 2021 72.5 2022 70.6