Year per 1,000 live births 1967 101.2 1968 101.7 1969 101.9 1970 102.2 1971 102.6 1972 103.2 1973 103.8 1974 104.6 1975 105.4 1976 106.4 1977 107.3 1978 107.8 1979 107.8 1980 107.2 1981 105.6 1982 103.3 1983 100.4 1984 96.9 1985 93.1 1986 89.4 1987 86.1 1988 83.2 1989 80.6 1990 78.3 1991 76.6 1992 75.6 1993 75.3 1994 75.9 1995 77.5 1996 79.7 1997 81.8 1998 83 1999 83.3 2000 82.8 2001 81.7 2002 80.4 2003 79.5 2004 79.1 2005 75.4 2006 70 2007 65.5 2008 59.9 2009 56.5 2010 53.7 2011 53.4 2012 54.6 2013 52.2 2014 49.5 2015 50 2016 49.2 2017 47.9 2018 46.9 2019 45.3 2020 43.6 2021 42.4 2022 41.3