Year per 1,000 live births 1965 339.4 1966 337.4 1967 335.2 1968 333.4 1969 331.1 1970 327.4 1971 322.2 1972 315.7 1973 308.2 1974 300 1975 291.3 1976 282.6 1977 273.1 1978 262.8 1979 252.2 1980 243.9 1981 236.9 1982 232.9 1983 232.8 1984 235.5 1985 238.9 1986 241.8 1987 242.9 1988 241.3 1989 237 1990 231.4 1991 225.1 1992 217.8 1993 210.1 1994 203.2 1995 198.4 1996 193.3 1997 188.2 1998 182 1999 174.1 2000 163.5 2001 150.3 2002 136.3 2003 122.8 2004 111.1 2005 102 2006 95.7 2007 91.1 2008 85.6 2009 80.6 2010 75.6 2011 69.7 2012 63.8 2013 58 2014 53.6 2015 50.6 2016 47.7 2017 45.1 2018 42.4 2019 40.4 2020 38.3 2021 36.8 2022 35.4