Year per 1,000 live births 1970 155.2 1971 151.2 1972 147.4 1973 143.9 1974 140.4 1975 137 1976 133.4 1977 129.9 1978 126.3 1979 122.7 1980 119.1 1981 115.7 1982 112.3 1983 109 1984 105.7 1985 102.6 1986 99.6 1987 96.7 1988 93.9 1989 91.2 1990 88.7 1991 86.2 1992 83.8 1993 81.5 1994 79.3 1995 77.4 1996 75.6 1997 74 1998 72.5 1999 71.1 2000 69.7 2001 68.2 2002 66.8 2003 65.4 2004 63.8 2005 62.3 2006 60.7 2007 59.2 2008 57.6 2009 56.1 2010 54.6 2011 53.1 2012 51.6 2013 50.2 2014 48.8 2015 47.3 2016 45.7 2017 44.3 2018 42.9 2019 41.7 2020 40.5 2021 39.3 2022 38.2