Year per 1,000 live births 1969 115.9 1970 109.9 1971 104.2 1972 98.7 1973 93.2 1974 87.7 1975 82.3 1976 77.1 1977 72.1 1978 67.5 1979 63.6 1980 60.3 1981 57.5 1982 55.5 1983 53.9 1984 52.7 1985 52.2 1986 51.9 1987 51.8 1988 51.9 1989 51.8 1990 51.5 1991 50.9 1992 50 1993 48.7 1994 47.1 1995 45.3 1996 43.4 1997 41.5 1998 39.4 1999 37.1 2000 34.8 2001 32.3 2002 29.7 2003 27.2 2004 24.7 2005 22.5 2006 20.5 2007 18.8 2008 17.3 2009 15.9 2010 14.7 2011 13.6 2012 12.6 2013 11.7 2014 10.8 2015 10 2016 9.3 2017 8.7 2018 8.1 2019 7.6 2020 7.1 2021 6.6 2022 6.2