Year per 1,000 live births 1972 253.3 1973 251.7 1974 250.1 1975 248.5 1976 247.1 1977 245.5 1978 243.9 1979 241.9 1980 240 1981 237.8 1982 235.4 1983 232.7 1984 229.9 1985 227.1 1986 224.2 1987 221.2 1988 218.2 1989 215.1 1990 212.1 1991 209.1 1992 206.3 1993 203.5 1994 201 1995 198.6 1996 196.1 1997 193.5 1998 190.6 1999 187.4 2000 184.1 2001 180.7 2002 177.3 2003 173.9 2004 170.4 2005 166.9 2006 163.2 2007 159.5 2008 155.6 2009 151.6 2010 147.6 2011 143.6 2012 139.7 2013 135.8 2014 132.2 2015 128.6 2016 125 2017 121.2 2018 117.2 2019 113.5 2020 109.8 2021 106.4 2022 102.9