Year per 1,000 live births 1970 224.2 1971 218.5 1972 213 1973 207.4 1974 202 1975 196.5 1976 191.1 1977 185.7 1978 180.1 1979 174.4 1980 168.9 1981 163.5 1982 157.9 1983 152.5 1984 147.2 1985 142.3 1986 137.5 1987 132.9 1988 128.6 1989 124.5 1990 120.5 1991 116.6 1992 112.8 1993 109.3 1994 106 1995 103.1 1996 100.5 1997 98.1 1998 95.9 1999 93.9 2000 91.8 2001 89.6 2002 87.5 2003 85.3 2004 83 2005 80.6 2006 78.3 2007 76 2008 73.7 2009 71.4 2010 69.1 2011 66.8 2012 64.6 2013 62.5 2014 60.4 2015 58.3 2016 56.2 2017 54.1 2018 52.2 2019 50.3 2020 48.6 2021 46.9 2022 45.3