Year per 1,000 live births 1971 127 1972 121.4 1973 116.1 1974 110.9 1975 105.6 1976 100.1 1977 94.3 1978 88.5 1979 82.7 1980 77.2 1981 72.1 1982 67.5 1983 63.5 1984 60 1985 56.9 1986 54.2 1987 51.6 1988 49.2 1989 46.9 1990 44.7 1991 42.8 1992 41.1 1993 39.5 1994 38.1 1995 36.8 1996 35.4 1997 34.1 1998 32.7 1999 31.2 2000 29.8 2001 28.3 2002 26.8 2003 25.3 2004 23.7 2005 22.3 2006 21 2007 19.7 2008 18.5 2009 17.5 2010 16.5 2011 15.7 2012 15 2013 14.4 2014 13.8 2015 13.3 2016 12.8 2017 12.3 2018 11.9 2019 11.5 2020 11.1 2021 10.7 2022 10.3