Year per 1,000 live births 1972 145.5 1973 140.7 1974 136 1975 131.8 1976 128.1 1977 125 1978 122.8 1979 121.5 1980 120.6 1981 119.9 1982 118.8 1983 117.1 1984 114.2 1985 110.3 1986 105.5 1987 100.5 1988 96.5 1989 94.1 1990 94 1991 96.7 1992 101 1993 104.2 1994 104.7 1995 102.7 1996 98.7 1997 93.6 1998 87.6 1999 81.4 2000 75.2 2001 69.2 2002 63.4 2003 58.1 2004 53.4 2005 49.3 2006 45.9 2007 43 2008 40.7 2009 38.9 2010 37.5 2011 36.3 2012 35.3 2013 34.4 2014 33.6 2015 32.8 2016 31.9 2017 31.1 2018 30.1 2019 29.2 2020 28.3 2021 27.3 2022 26.5