Year Per 1000 Births 1921 26.6 1922 26.2 1923 26.5 1924 27.9 1925 29.1 1926 29.2 1927 29.9 1928 30.6 1929 29.4 1930 29.3 1931 27.2 1932 25.9 1933 25.6 1934 24.6 1935 24.6 1936 24.9 1937 24.6 1938 23.8 1939 24.3 1940 23.6 1941 24.3 1942 24 1943 24.3 1944 22.9 1945 23.8 1946 26.1 1947 32.1 1948 34.2 1949 35.8 1950 37 1951 38.6 1952 39.3 1953 38.8 1954 39.2 1955 41.8 1956 43 1957 44 1958 44.6 1959 45.2 1960 44.3 1961 47.4 1962 44.7 1963 45.9 1964 47 1965 47.5 1966 48.9 1967 48.4 1968 48.9 1969 49 1970 50.9 1971 55.5 1972 54.5 1973 49.1 1974 44.2 1975 40.1 1976 35.2 1977 32.1 1978 29.9 1979 28.5 1980 27.6 1981 28.2 1982 27.4 1983 26.6 1984 23.2 1985 22.8 1986 21.8 1987 20.6 1988 20.3 1989 20.6 1990 22.1 1991 22.1 1992 22 1993 20.9 1994 20.7 1995 20.4 1996 20.1 1997 19.8 1998 18.9 1999 18.5 2000 17.7 2001 17.7 2002 17.4 2003 16.3 2004 16.3 2005 15.6 2006 14.9 2007 15.4 2008 16.8 2009 16.4 2010 15.5