Year per 1,000 live births 1967 121.3 1968 122.7 1969 124.1 1970 125.6 1971 127 1972 128.4 1973 129.4 1974 129.8 1975 129.6 1976 128.6 1977 127 1978 125.2 1979 123.7 1980 122.7 1981 122.4 1982 123.2 1983 124.5 1984 126.1 1985 127.8 1986 129.1 1987 129.5 1988 129.4 1989 128.5 1990 127.1 1991 124.6 1992 121.5 1993 117.8 1994 113.8 1995 109.5 1996 105.3 1997 101.5 1998 98.1 1999 95.2 2000 92.3 2001 88.9 2002 85.1 2003 81.1 2004 77.2 2005 73.6 2006 70.5 2007 67.7 2008 65.3 2009 63.4 2010 61.9 2011 60.8 2012 60 2013 59.4 2014 59 2015 58.7 2016 58.3 2017 58 2018 57.6 2019 57.3 2020 56.9 2021 56.3 2022 55.6