Year per 1,000 live births 1974 143.4 1975 140.7 1976 138.2 1977 135.9 1978 133.7 1979 131.9 1980 130.3 1981 128.7 1982 127.1 1983 125.4 1984 123.5 1985 121.6 1986 119.4 1987 117 1988 114 1989 110.5 1990 106.7 1991 102.4 1992 97.7 1993 92.7 1994 87.6 1995 82.9 1996 78.4 1997 74.4 1998 70.7 1999 67.4 2000 64.3 2001 61.6 2002 59.1 2003 56.8 2004 54.7 2005 52.7 2006 50.8 2007 49.1 2008 47.5 2009 46 2010 44.6 2011 43.3 2012 42.1 2013 41 2014 39.9 2015 38.7 2016 37.7 2017 36.6 2018 35.6 2019 34.7 2020 33.7 2021 32.8 2022 31.8