Year per 1,000 live births 1974 136.2 1975 129.5 1976 123.1 1977 117.1 1978 111.5 1979 106 1980 101 1981 96.3 1982 92 1983 87.9 1984 84.1 1985 80.5 1986 77.2 1987 74.2 1988 71.4 1989 69.1 1990 67.2 1991 65.7 1992 64.8 1993 64.5 1994 64.8 1995 65.6 1996 66.9 1997 68.8 1998 70.6 1999 72.5 2000 74.9 2001 77.1 2002 78.9 2003 80.1 2004 81.2 2005 82.7 2006 82.4 2007 78.1 2008 71.4 2009 63.3 2010 54.6 2011 48.4 2012 44.4 2013 42.5 2014 41.3 2015 40.5 2016 39.8 2017 39.2 2018 38.7 2019 38.1 2020 37.9 2021 37.3 2022 37.2