Year per 1,000 live births 1968 122.6 1969 120.5 1970 118.4 1971 116.5 1972 114.4 1973 112.1 1974 109.9 1975 107.7 1976 105.5 1977 103.3 1978 101.2 1979 99.2 1980 97.3 1981 95.4 1982 93.7 1983 92.1 1984 90.5 1985 89 1986 87.5 1987 86.1 1988 84.6 1989 83.1 1990 81.5 1991 79.8 1992 78.1 1993 76.4 1994 74.7 1995 73.1 1996 71.4 1997 69.8 1998 68.2 1999 66.6 2000 65 2001 63.5 2002 62 2003 60.4 2004 58.8 2005 57.2 2006 55.5 2007 53.7 2008 64.2 2009 50.2 2010 48.5 2011 46.7 2012 45 2013 43.3 2014 41.8 2015 40.4 2016 39.1 2017 37.9 2018 36.7 2019 35.6 2020 34.5 2021 33.5 2022 32.5