Year per 1,000 live births 1968 282.4 1969 276 1970 269.5 1971 263.2 1972 256.6 1973 249.7 1974 243.2 1975 236.3 1976 229.5 1977 222.6 1978 215.4 1979 208.2 1980 200.8 1981 193.4 1982 185.9 1983 178.7 1984 171.7 1985 164.8 1986 158 1987 151.5 1988 145 1989 139 1990 133.1 1991 127.4 1992 122.1 1993 117 1994 111.9 1995 106.8 1996 101.8 1997 96.8 1998 91.8 1999 87.1 2000 82.5 2001 78.1 2002 73.6 2003 69.3 2004 65 2005 60.9 2006 56.9 2007 53.2 2008 49.7 2009 46.4 2010 43.3 2011 40.7 2012 38.4 2013 36.5 2014 34.8 2015 33.3 2016 32 2017 30.7 2018 29.6 2019 28.7 2020 27.7 2021 26.8 2022 25.9