Year Per 1000 Births 1950 106.8 1951 103.9 1952 100.9 1953 98.3 1954 95.5 1955 92.9 1956 90.6 1957 88.2 1958 85.5 1959 83.4 1960 81.1 1961 78.7 1962 76.6 1963 74.5 1964 72.4 1965 70.4 1966 68.4 1967 66.3 1968 64.5 1969 62.6 1970 61 1971 59.3 1972 57.8 1973 56.2 1974 54.8 1975 53.2 1976 51.6 1977 50 1978 48.3 1979 46.6 1980 44.9 1981 43.1 1982 41.6 1983 40 1984 38.5 1985 37.1 1986 35.7 1987 34.5 1988 33.3 1989 32.2 1990 30.9 1991 29.8 1992 28.6 1993 27.6 1994 26.9 1995 26.1 1996 25.5 1997 24.7 1998 23.9 1999 23.1 2000 22.3 2001 21.5 2002 20.7 2003 19.9 2004 19.2 2005 18.5 2006 17.9 2007 17.3 2008 16.7 2009 16.1 2010 15.6 2011 15