Year per 1,000 live births 1979 302.4 1980 299.1 1981 295.7 1982 292.3 1983 289 1984 285 1985 280.7 1986 276.4 1987 272.2 1988 267.5 1989 262.5 1990 257.6 1991 252.3 1992 246.7 1993 240.6 1994 234 1995 227 1996 219.7 1997 211.9 1998 203.8 1999 195.3 2000 186.6 2001 177.7 2002 168.9 2003 160.7 2004 152.9 2005 145.3 2006 138.2 2007 131.5 2008 125.3 2009 119.5 2010 113.9 2011 109 2012 105.3 2013 103.5 2014 103 2015 103.2 2016 103.2 2017 103.4 2018 103.4 2019 103.5 2020 103.7 2021 103.9 2022 103.7