Year per 1,000 live births 1972 242.7 1973 241.1 1974 239.7 1975 238.3 1976 236.7 1977 235.3 1978 233.4 1979 231.5 1980 229.5 1981 227.3 1982 224.6 1983 222 1984 219.4 1985 216.6 1986 213.6 1987 210.6 1988 207.6 1989 204.6 1990 201.8 1991 199 1992 196.4 1993 194 1994 191.6 1995 189.4 1996 187.2 1997 184.5 1998 181.6 1999 178.3 2000 175 2001 171.6 2002 168.1 2003 164.6 2004 161.3 2005 157.9 2006 154.6 2007 150.8 2008 147.1 2009 143.2 2010 139.2 2011 135.4 2012 131.6 2013 128 2014 124.5 2015 120.8 2016 117.3 2017 113.6 2018 109.9 2019 106.2 2020 102.9 2021 99.4 2022 96.2