Year per 1,000 live births 1969 142.3 1970 140.7 1971 139.2 1972 137.5 1973 136 1974 134.4 1975 132.8 1976 131 1977 129.3 1978 127.8 1979 126.1 1980 124.6 1981 123.2 1982 121.8 1983 120.4 1984 119.1 1985 117.9 1986 116.7 1987 115.6 1988 114.5 1989 113.4 1990 112.3 1991 111.1 1992 109.8 1993 108.6 1994 107.5 1995 106.1 1996 104.6 1997 103.1 1998 101.4 1999 99.6 2000 97.5 2001 95.5 2002 93.3 2003 91.2 2004 89 2005 86.6 2006 84.4 2007 82.2 2008 80 2009 77.9 2010 75.8 2011 73.7 2012 71.6 2013 69.6 2014 67.7 2015 65.9 2016 64.2 2017 62.4 2018 60.7 2019 59 2020 57.3 2021 55.6 2022 54