Year Per 1000 Births 1835 152 1836 162 1837 142 1838 127 1839 147 1840 141 1841 142 1842 142 1843 129 1844 131 1845 139 1846 171 1847 153 1848 145 1849 145 1850 127 1851 135 1852 137 1853 153 1854 121 1855 126 1856 122 1857 148 1858 142 1859 133 1860 136 1861 126 1862 131 1863 125 1864 155 1865 145 1866 126 1867 134 1868 145 1869 125 1870 131 1871 129 1872 131 1873 126 1874 145 1875 154 1876 144 1877 130 1878 138 1879 131 1880 151 1881 121 1882 151 1883 138 1884 137 1885 128 1886 136 1887 131 1888 139 1889 141 1890 133 1891 134 1892 140 1893 149 1894 134 1895 137 1896 126 1897 129 1898 123 1899 154 1900 128 1901 136 1902 114 1903 114 1904 113 1905 120 1906 111 1907 108 1908 124 1909 99 1910 101 1911 105 1912 94 1913 92 1914 99 1915 93 1916 101 1917 99 1918 76 1919 91 1920 91 1921 77 1922 82 1923 85 1924 84 1925 80 1926 84 1927 84 1928 81 1929 83 1930 82 1931 81 1932 72 1933 68 1934 64 1935 71 1936 67 1937 66 1938 59 1939 58 1940 50 1941 55 1942 47 1943 45 1944 48 1945 48 1946 46 1947 40 1948 35 1949 34 1950 29.2 1951 28.6 1952 27.9 1953 27 1954 26.1 1955 25 1956 24 1957 23.1 1958 22.3 1959 21.7 1960 21.3 1961 20.8 1962 20.2 1963 19.5 1964 18.7 1965 17.8 1966 17 1967 16.1 1968 15.2 1969 14.6 1970 13.9 1971 13.3 1972 12.5 1973 11.6 1974 10.9 1975 10.3 1976 9.7 1977 9.2 1978 8.8 1979 8.6 1980 8.3 1981 8 1982 8 1983 8 1984 8 1985 8 1986 8 1987 8 1988 7.9 1989 7.7 1990 7.3 1991 6.9 1992 6.5 1993 6.1 1994 5.7 1995 5.4 1996 5.1 1997 5 1998 4.8 1999 4.7 2000 4.6 2001 4.5 2002 4.5 2003 4.4 2004 4.2 2005 4.1 2006 3.9 2007 3.7 2008 3.6 2009 3.5 2010 3.3 2011 3.2 2012 3.2 2013 3.1 2014 3 2015 2.9