Year per 1,000 live births 1969 118.6 1970 112.6 1971 106.9 1972 101.3 1973 95.7 1974 90.2 1975 84.7 1976 79.4 1977 74.4 1978 69.8 1979 65.9 1980 62.6 1981 59.8 1982 57.6 1983 56 1984 54.9 1985 54.2 1986 53.9 1987 53.9 1988 54 1989 54 1990 53.7 1991 53.2 1992 52.2 1993 50.9 1994 49.3 1995 47.5 1996 45.6 1997 43.6 1998 41.4 1999 39.1 2000 36.7 2001 34.1 2002 31.5 2003 28.9 2004 26.3 2005 24 2006 21.9 2007 20.1 2008 18.5 2009 17 2010 15.7 2011 14.6 2012 13.5 2013 12.5 2014 11.5 2015 10.7 2016 9.9 2017 9.2 2018 8.6 2019 8 2020 7.5 2021 7 2022 6.6