Year per 1,000 live births 1972 164.2 1973 159 1974 154 1975 149.5 1976 145.7 1977 142.8 1978 140.4 1979 139 1980 138.1 1981 137.3 1982 136.4 1983 134.6 1984 131.5 1985 127.4 1986 122.3 1987 116.9 1988 112.6 1989 110.1 1990 110 1991 112.9 1992 117.4 1993 121 1994 121.8 1995 120 1996 115.9 1997 110.4 1998 104.2 1999 97.7 2000 91 2001 84.4 2002 78 2003 72 2004 66.6 2005 61.8 2006 57.8 2007 54.5 2008 51.8 2009 49.7 2010 48 2011 46.5 2012 45.3 2013 44.3 2014 43.2 2015 42.1 2016 41 2017 39.9 2018 38.7 2019 37.5 2020 36.4 2021 35.2 2022 34