Year per 1,000 live births 1970 147 1971 143.2 1972 139.7 1973 136.5 1974 133 1975 129.7 1976 126.4 1977 123 1978 119.5 1979 116.1 1980 112.6 1981 109.3 1982 106 1983 102.7 1984 99.6 1985 96.5 1986 93.5 1987 90.6 1988 87.9 1989 85.4 1990 83 1991 80.5 1992 78.2 1993 76 1994 73.9 1995 72.1 1996 70.6 1997 69.1 1998 67.7 1999 66.5 2000 65.1 2001 63.8 2002 62.5 2003 61.1 2004 59.8 2005 58.3 2006 56.9 2007 55.4 2008 54 2009 52.6 2010 51.2 2011 49.8 2012 48.4 2013 47.1 2014 45.8 2015 44.4 2016 43 2017 41.7 2018 40.4 2019 39.1 2020 37.9 2021 36.8 2022 35.7