Year per 1,000 live births 1964 224.6 1965 217.9 1966 211 1967 204.1 1968 197.4 1969 190.6 1970 183.5 1971 176 1972 168.1 1973 159.9 1974 151.9 1975 144.2 1976 136.7 1977 129.6 1978 123.2 1979 117.2 1980 111.5 1981 106.1 1982 101 1983 96.3 1984 91.7 1985 87.4 1986 83.4 1987 79.5 1988 75.7 1989 72.2 1990 68.7 1991 65.4 1992 62.2 1993 59 1994 55.8 1995 52.5 1996 49.1 1997 45.6 1998 42.1 1999 38.5 2000 35 2001 31.6 2002 28.3 2003 25.3 2004 23.7 2005 20.4 2006 18.4 2007 16.7 2008 15.3 2009 14.2 2010 13.2 2011 12.3 2012 11.5 2013 10.7 2014 9.9 2015 9.2 2016 8.4 2017 7.7 2018 7.1 2019 6.5 2020 5.9 2021 5.5 2022 5.2