Year Per 1000 Births 1950 195.8 1951 187.4 1952 171.3 1953 166.6 1954 162 1955 157.6 1956 153.7 1957 150.1 1958 147.2 1959 144.9 1960 143.3 1961 142.3 1962 141.7 1963 141.5 1964 141.3 1965 140.9 1966 140.1 1967 138.9 1968 137 1969 134.5 1970 131.6 1971 128.7 1972 125.4 1973 122 1974 118.4 1975 114.6 1976 110.4 1977 106.2 1978 101.8 1979 97.6 1980 93.5 1981 89.5 1982 85.8 1983 82.7 1984 79.8 1985 77.4 1986 75.3 1987 73.7 1988 72.3 1989 71.4 1990 70.8 1991 70.6 1992 71.1 1993 72.3 1994 74.3 1995 76.6 1996 78.8 1997 80.5 1998 81.8 1999 83 2000 84.1 2001 85.2 2002 86.3 2003 87.3 2004 87.9 2005 88.1 2006 87.5 2007 84.3 2008 84.5 2009 78.8 2010 75.2 2011 71.9 2012 72.3 2013 71.9 2014 70.5 2015 69.2