Year per 1,000 live births 1967 96 1968 96.4 1969 96.7 1970 96.8 1971 97.3 1972 97.8 1973 98.4 1974 99.2 1975 100.1 1976 100.9 1977 101.6 1978 102.1 1979 102.1 1980 101.5 1981 99.9 1982 97.7 1983 94.8 1984 91.4 1985 87.8 1986 84.2 1987 80.9 1988 78 1989 75.6 1990 73.3 1991 71.7 1992 70.6 1993 70.3 1994 70.9 1995 72.5 1996 74.7 1997 76.5 1998 77.7 1999 78 2000 77.6 2001 76.6 2002 75.3 2003 74.4 2004 74.1 2005 70.6 2006 65.4 2007 61 2008 55.5 2009 52.1 2010 49.4 2011 49.1 2012 50.3 2013 48 2014 45.4 2015 46 2016 45.3 2017 44 2018 43.1 2019 41.5 2020 40 2021 38.9 2022 37.9