Year per 1,000 live births 1968 132.3 1969 130.3 1970 128.1 1971 125.9 1972 123.7 1973 121.6 1974 119.3 1975 117 1976 114.8 1977 112.6 1978 110.4 1979 108.3 1980 106.3 1981 104.4 1982 102.5 1983 100.8 1984 99.1 1985 97.5 1986 95.8 1987 94.3 1988 92.8 1989 91.2 1990 89.5 1991 87.7 1992 85.9 1993 84.1 1994 82.3 1995 80.4 1996 78.6 1997 76.8 1998 75 1999 73.3 2000 71.6 2001 69.9 2002 68.2 2003 66.5 2004 64.8 2005 63 2006 61.1 2007 59.2 2008 69.5 2009 55.3 2010 53.4 2011 51.4 2012 49.5 2013 47.8 2014 46.1 2015 44.6 2016 43.2 2017 41.8 2018 40.6 2019 39.3 2020 38.2 2021 37.1 2022 36