Year per 1,000 live births 1967 110.8 1968 106.1 1969 101.6 1970 97.3 1971 93.1 1972 89.3 1973 85.7 1974 82.3 1975 79.1 1976 75.9 1977 73 1978 70.2 1979 67.5 1980 65 1981 62.5 1982 59.9 1983 57.4 1984 54.9 1985 52.3 1986 49.6 1987 46.9 1988 44.2 1989 41.7 1990 39.2 1991 36.9 1992 34.8 1993 32.9 1994 31.3 1995 29.9 1996 28.6 1997 27.4 1998 26.4 1999 25.3 2000 24.4 2001 23.5 2002 22.7 2003 22 2004 21.4 2005 20.9 2006 20.4 2007 20 2008 19.6 2009 19.2 2010 18.7 2011 18.2 2012 17.7 2013 17.1 2014 16.4 2015 15.7 2016 14.9 2017 14.2 2018 13.5 2019 12.8 2020 12.2 2021 11.5 2022 10.9