Year per 1,000 live births 1967 138.2 1968 136.8 1969 135.2 1970 133.6 1971 132 1972 130 1973 127.8 1974 125 1975 121.8 1976 118.5 1977 115.1 1978 111.9 1979 108.7 1980 105.5 1981 102.4 1982 99.4 1983 96.6 1984 94.3 1985 92.2 1986 90.3 1987 88.5 1988 86.2 1989 84 1990 82 1991 80.3 1992 78.8 1993 77.4 1994 76.2 1995 74.9 1996 73.4 1997 72 1998 70.4 1999 68.1 2000 66.6 2001 65.1 2002 63.5 2003 61.8 2004 59.3 2005 57.8 2006 55.6 2007 53.8 2008 51.7 2009 49.5 2010 47.6 2011 45.4 2012 43.2 2013 41 2014 38.9 2015 36.9 2016 35 2017 33.1 2018 31.3 2019 29.6 2020 28 2021 26.6 2022 25.3