Year per 1,000 live births 1968 192.3 1969 187.7 1970 183.2 1971 178.8 1972 174.3 1973 169.8 1974 165.2 1975 160.5 1976 156.1 1977 151.6 1978 147.1 1979 142.5 1980 137.6 1981 132.8 1982 128.1 1983 123.6 1984 119.2 1985 115 1986 110.8 1987 106.6 1988 102.6 1989 98.8 1990 94.9 1991 91.3 1992 87.9 1993 84.6 1994 81.3 1995 78 1996 74.7 1997 71.5 1998 68.2 1999 65.1 2000 62.2 2001 59.3 2002 56.4 2003 53.5 2004 50.6 2005 47.8 2006 45 2007 42.4 2008 39.9 2009 37.5 2010 35.3 2011 33.3 2012 31.7 2013 30.2 2014 28.9 2015 27.8 2016 26.7 2017 25.8 2018 25 2019 24.2 2020 23.4 2021 22.7 2022 22