Year per 1,000 live births 1969 252.5 1970 248.9 1971 245.5 1972 241.9 1973 238.1 1974 234.6 1975 230.8 1976 226.9 1977 223.2 1978 219.7 1979 216.2 1980 212.8 1981 209.5 1982 206.3 1983 203.3 1984 200.4 1985 197.8 1986 195.2 1987 192.7 1988 190.3 1989 188 1990 185.5 1991 183.2 1992 181 1993 178.9 1994 176.8 1995 174.7 1996 172.3 1997 169.6 1998 166.5 1999 162.9 2000 158.9 2001 154.6 2002 150.1 2003 145.5 2004 140.9 2005 136.1 2006 131.4 2007 126.8 2008 122.2 2009 117.8 2010 113.7 2011 109.7 2012 105.9 2013 102.1 2014 98.6 2015 95.5 2016 92.4 2017 89.5 2018 86.5 2019 83.8 2020 80.8 2021 78.2 2022 75.6