Year per 1,000 live births 1968 181.1 1969 177.8 1970 174.4 1971 171.2 1972 167.7 1973 164 1974 160.4 1975 156.8 1976 153.1 1977 149.6 1978 146.2 1979 143 1980 140 1981 137.1 1982 134.3 1983 131.7 1984 129.3 1985 126.9 1986 124.5 1987 122.2 1988 119.9 1989 117.5 1990 115 1991 112.4 1992 109.7 1993 107 1994 104.3 1995 101.8 1996 99.1 1997 96.5 1998 94 1999 91.5 2000 89.1 2001 86.7 2002 84.3 2003 81.9 2004 79.3 2005 76.8 2006 74.1 2007 71.3 2008 100.8 2009 65.8 2010 63.2 2011 60.5 2012 58 2013 55.6 2014 53.4 2015 51.3 2016 49.4 2017 47.7 2018 46 2019 44.5 2020 42.9 2021 41.5 2022 40.1