Year per 1,000 live births 1969 151.1 1970 149.4 1971 147.8 1972 146.2 1973 144.4 1974 142.7 1975 141 1976 139.1 1977 137.4 1978 135.7 1979 134 1980 132.4 1981 130.8 1982 129.3 1983 127.9 1984 126.5 1985 125.2 1986 124 1987 122.7 1988 121.6 1989 120.5 1990 119.3 1991 118.2 1992 117.1 1993 116.1 1994 115.1 1995 114 1996 112.9 1997 111.5 1998 110 1999 108.3 2000 106.3 2001 104.2 2002 102 2003 99.8 2004 97.5 2005 95.2 2006 92.8 2007 90.4 2008 88 2009 85.7 2010 83.4 2011 81.2 2012 78.9 2013 76.7 2014 74.6 2015 72.8 2016 70.9 2017 69.1 2018 67.2 2019 65.4 2020 63.6 2021 61.9 2022 60.1