Year Per 1000 Births 1950 94.6 1951 88.4 1952 82.7 1953 77.5 1954 72.8 1955 68.6 1956 65 1957 61.6 1958 58.7 1959 56.2 1960 54 1961 52.1 1962 50.3 1963 48.8 1964 47.5 1965 46.3 1966 45.3 1967 44.5 1968 43.9 1969 43.5 1970 43.1 1971 42.9 1972 42.7 1973 42.4 1974 42 1975 41.4 1976 40.6 1977 39.5 1978 38.2 1979 36.8 1980 35.3 1981 33.8 1982 32.4 1983 31.2 1984 30.1 1985 29.1 1986 28.2 1987 27.3 1988 26.4 1989 25.6 1990 24.8 1991 24.1 1992 23.5 1993 22.9 1994 22.4 1995 22.1 1996 21.8 1997 21.5 1998 21.2 1999 21 2000 20.8 2001 20.5 2002 20.3 2003 20.1 2004 20.1 2005 20.1 2006 20.2 2007 20.3 2008 20.3 2009 20.3 2010 20.3 2011 20.1 2012 20 2013 19.7 2014 19.4 2015 19.1