Year Per 1000 Births 1950 107.2 1951 106.9 1952 106.6 1953 106.3 1954 106 1955 105.6 1956 105.1 1957 104.5 1958 103.9 1959 103.1 1960 102.1 1961 101 1962 99.6 1963 98.1 1964 96.4 1965 94.6 1966 92.8 1967 91.1 1968 89.3 1969 87.5 1970 85.7 1971 83.7 1972 81.6 1973 79.4 1974 77.2 1975 74.9 1976 72.6 1977 70.3 1978 68.2 1979 66.1 1980 64 1981 62 1982 60 1983 58.2 1984 56.4 1985 54.6 1986 52.9 1987 51.3 1988 49.6 1989 48.1 1990 46.5 1991 44.9 1992 43.3 1993 41.8 1994 40.3 1995 38.9 1996 37.6 1997 36.4 1998 35.2 1999 34.2 2000 33.3 2001 32.5 2002 31.8 2003 31.2 2004 30.6 2005 30.1 2006 29.6 2007 29.1 2008 28.7 2009 28.3 2010 27.9 2011 27.5 2012 27.1 2013 26.7 2014 26.2 2015 25.7