Year Per 1000 Births 1853 13.4 1855 13.6 1856 10.9 1857 9.2 1858 15.5 1859 10.3 1860 10 1861 12 1862 9.3 1863 5.3 1864 9.2 1865 6.8 1866 6.3 1867 9.8 1868 6.1 1869 6.5 1870 3.7 1871 5.5 1872 4 1873 4 1874 9.7 1875 4.7 1876 7.8 1877 5.1 1878 10.1 1879 5.2 1880 7.1 1881 7.8 1882 8.5 1883 6.3 1884 7.1 1885 8.4 1886 7 1887 7.7 1888 7.7 1889 9.5 1890 7.6 1891 7.9 1892 9 1893 9.8 1894 8.9 1895 9.3 1896 9.9 1897 10.3 1898 13.1 1899 10.1 1900 11.4 1901 9.5 1902 9.9 1903 10.5 1904 10.9 1905 11.2 1906 10.9 1907 11.7 1908 7.5 1909 10.2 1910 10.5 1911 13.5 1912 11.3 1913 9.2 1914 11.2 1915 11 1916 13.6 1917 13.5 1918 15.5 1919 11.9 1920 14.8 1921 11.1 1922 14.1 1923 13.5 1924 10.8 1925 16.5 1926 12.4 1927 15.1 1928 15.8 1929 16.6 1930 22.5 1931 23 1932 27.4 1933 25.5 1934 26 1935 26.4 1936 28.8 1937 24.4 1938 27.2 1939 19.4 1940 24.2 1941 29.6 1942 40.1 1943 43.8 1944 42.9 1945 42.6 1946 49.1 1947 52 1948 50.3 1949 60.4 1950 68.6 1951 64.7 1952 61 1953 65 1954 76.5 1955 85.6 1956 86.7 1957 82.3 1958 82.1 1959 85.2 1960 87.4 1961 81.4 1962 79.8 1963 83.4 1964 87.3 1965 86.7 1966 92.6 1967 82.9 1968 77.1 1969 81.3 1970 73.7 1971 71.8 1972 76 1973 69.9 1974 66.2 1975 64.1 1976 60.4 1977 56.4 1978 57.6 1979 54.8 1980 57.7 1981 49.2 1982 48.1 1983 39.8 1984 36.8 1985 33.7 1986 30.7 1987 29.6 1988 32.4 1989 29.8 1990 30.4 1991 27.9 1992 26.5 1993 23 1994 23.2 1995 23.4 1996 22.1 1997 24.5 1998 24.1 1999 23.8 2000 22.8 2001 19.7 2002 18.2 2003 16.4 2004 13 2005 15.1 2006 14.4 2007 14.2 2008 14.6 2009 14.3 2010 12.9