Year Per 1000 Births 1950 279.5 1951 272.7 1952 265.5 1953 258.5 1954 252.4 1955 245.7 1956 239.9 1957 233.6 1958 228 1959 222.1 1960 216.4 1961 210.8 1962 204.9 1963 199.7 1964 195.4 1965 191.3 1966 186.8 1967 181.1 1968 175.2 1969 169.1 1970 163.5 1971 157.5 1972 152.1 1973 147.3 1974 142.7 1975 138.5 1976 134.1 1977 130.1 1978 126.4 1979 123.2 1980 119.9 1981 116.1 1982 112.1 1983 108.1 1984 104.3 1985 100.3 1986 96.5 1987 92.7 1988 88.7 1989 85.1 1990 81.6 1991 78 1992 74.5 1993 71.1 1994 68.3 1995 65.3 1996 62.6 1997 59.4 1998 56.7 1999 54.5 2000 52.5 2001 50.5 2002 48.2 2003 46 2004 43.9 2005 42 2006 40.1 2007 38.2 2008 36.8 2009 34.8 2010 33.3 2011 31.8