Year per 1,000 live births 1972 137.7 1973 137 1974 136.4 1975 135.7 1976 134.9 1977 134.2 1978 133.4 1979 132.5 1980 131.6 1981 130.5 1982 129.4 1983 128.2 1984 126.9 1985 125.7 1986 124.6 1987 123.4 1988 122.2 1989 120.9 1990 119.5 1991 118.2 1992 117 1993 115.8 1994 114.6 1995 113.6 1996 112.5 1997 111.5 1998 110.4 1999 109.1 2000 107.8 2001 106.4 2002 105 2003 103.6 2004 101.9 2005 100.4 2006 98.6 2007 96.9 2008 95.1 2009 93.3 2010 91.5 2011 89.6 2012 87.8 2013 86.1 2014 84.4 2015 82.6 2016 80.9 2017 79 2018 77.2 2019 75.5 2020 73.6 2021 71.8 2022 70.2