Year per 1,000 live births 1964 289.2 1965 281.8 1966 273.6 1967 264.9 1968 255.4 1969 245.7 1970 236.1 1971 226.8 1972 217.8 1973 209.4 1974 201.2 1975 193 1976 184.5 1977 175.7 1978 166.8 1979 158 1980 149.8 1981 141.6 1982 133.8 1983 126.2 1984 119.6 1985 113.9 1986 109 1987 104.8 1988 101.1 1989 97.9 1990 95 1991 92.4 1992 90.1 1993 88.1 1994 86.5 1995 85 1996 83.4 1997 81.4 1998 79 1999 76.2 2000 73.2 2001 69.9 2002 66.6 2003 63.4 2004 60.4 2005 57.7 2006 55.1 2007 52.7 2008 50.6 2009 48.6 2010 46.9 2011 45.3 2012 44.1 2013 42.8 2014 42 2015 41.8 2016 40.9 2017 40.1 2018 39.9 2019 39.2 2020 37.8 2021 37.9 2022 36.2