Year per 1,000 live births 1970 232.7 1971 226.6 1972 220.8 1973 215.2 1974 209.5 1975 204.1 1976 198.4 1977 192.8 1978 187 1979 181.3 1980 175.5 1981 169.9 1982 164.3 1983 158.9 1984 153.6 1985 148.6 1986 143.7 1987 139 1988 134.6 1989 130.4 1990 126.4 1991 122.4 1992 118.6 1993 114.9 1994 111.6 1995 108.5 1996 105.7 1997 103.2 1998 100.8 1999 98.6 2000 96.4 2001 94.1 2002 91.9 2003 89.6 2004 87.1 2005 84.8 2006 82.3 2007 79.9 2008 77.4 2009 75 2010 72.7 2011 70.3 2012 68.1 2013 65.8 2014 63.6 2015 61.4 2016 59.1 2017 57 2018 55 2019 53.2 2020 51.5 2021 49.8 2022 48.2