Year per 1,000 live births 1968 183.3 1969 179.3 1970 174.9 1971 170.8 1972 166.3 1973 162.1 1974 157.8 1975 153.4 1976 149 1977 144.8 1978 140.6 1979 136.2 1980 131.6 1981 127 1982 122.4 1983 118 1984 113.7 1985 109.6 1986 105.5 1987 101.5 1988 97.6 1989 93.8 1990 90.2 1991 86.7 1992 83.3 1993 80.1 1994 76.9 1995 73.8 1996 70.6 1997 67.4 1998 64.3 1999 61.2 2000 58.4 2001 55.6 2002 52.7 2003 49.9 2004 47.1 2005 44.4 2006 41.7 2007 39.3 2008 36.9 2009 34.6 2010 32.6 2011 30.7 2012 29.1 2013 27.8 2014 26.6 2015 25.5 2016 24.6 2017 23.6 2018 22.9 2019 22.1 2020 21.4 2021 20.7 2022 20.1