Year per 1,000 live births 1974 217.2 1975 212.5 1976 208.1 1977 203.9 1978 200.2 1979 196.8 1980 193.9 1981 191.2 1982 188.3 1983 185.4 1984 182.2 1985 178.7 1986 174.8 1987 170.3 1988 165.4 1989 159.7 1990 153.3 1991 146.3 1992 138.6 1993 130.5 1994 122.5 1995 114.7 1996 107.6 1997 101.1 1998 95.3 1999 90.2 2000 85.5 2001 81.3 2002 77.5 2003 74 2004 70.7 2005 67.7 2006 64.8 2007 62.1 2008 59.7 2009 57.3 2010 55.2 2011 53.3 2012 51.5 2013 49.7 2014 48.1 2015 46.4 2016 44.9 2017 43.4 2018 41.9 2019 40.6 2020 39.3 2021 38 2022 36.6