Year per 1,000 live births 1967 148 1968 146.3 1969 144.3 1970 142.2 1971 139.9 1972 137.4 1973 134.8 1974 132.3 1975 129.6 1976 126.6 1977 123.1 1978 119.3 1979 115.6 1980 112.1 1981 108.9 1982 106.1 1983 103.7 1984 101.1 1985 98.6 1986 95.9 1987 93.2 1988 90.9 1989 88.7 1990 86.6 1991 84.6 1992 82.5 1993 80.5 1994 78.4 1995 76.4 1996 74.4 1997 72.3 1998 70.2 1999 68.7 2000 66.3 2001 64 2002 61.6 2003 59.5 2004 58.1 2005 55.9 2006 54.1 2007 52 2008 50 2009 48 2010 45.7 2011 43.8 2012 41.8 2013 39.9 2014 38 2015 36.2 2016 34.4 2017 32.8 2018 31.2 2019 29.7 2020 28.3 2021 26.9 2022 25.8