Year per 1,000 live births 1966 263.7 1967 233.5 1968 233.2 1969 232.6 1970 232.4 1971 231.8 1972 231.5 1973 231.2 1974 230.9 1975 230.7 1976 230.1 1977 229.5 1978 228.5 1979 227.1 1980 225.3 1981 222.6 1982 219.5 1983 215.9 1984 212.3 1985 208.6 1986 205.1 1987 201.5 1988 197.6 1989 193.6 1990 189.1 1991 184.4 1992 179.1 1993 173.2 1994 167 1995 160.6 1996 154.2 1997 148 1998 141.9 1999 135.8 2000 129.8 2001 123.8 2002 117.7 2003 111.4 2004 105.2 2005 99.2 2006 93.3 2007 87.8 2008 82.8 2009 78 2010 73.6 2011 69.5 2012 65.7 2013 62.2 2014 58.8 2015 55.7 2016 52.8 2017 50.2 2018 47.9 2019 45.8 2020 43.8 2021 42 2022 40.5