Year per 1,000 live births 1970 162.9 1971 158.9 1972 155 1973 151.2 1974 147.6 1975 143.9 1976 140.1 1977 136.4 1978 132.7 1979 129 1980 125.4 1981 121.8 1982 118.3 1983 114.9 1984 111.6 1985 108.4 1986 105.3 1987 102.4 1988 99.6 1989 96.9 1990 94.2 1991 91.6 1992 89 1993 86.5 1994 84.3 1995 82.2 1996 80.3 1997 78.6 1998 77 1999 75.4 2000 74 2001 72.4 2002 70.9 2003 69.4 2004 67.7 2005 66 2006 64.3 2007 62.7 2008 61 2009 59.4 2010 57.8 2011 56.2 2012 54.6 2013 53.1 2014 51.5 2015 49.9 2016 48.3 2017 46.8 2018 45.4 2019 44.1 2020 42.9 2021 41.8 2022 40.7