Year Per 1000 Births 1951 231.2 1952 230.6 1953 229.9 1954 229.2 1955 228.2 1956 225.7 1957 224.7 1958 223.7 1959 222 1960 219.6 1961 216.7 1962 213.3 1963 209.4 1964 205.2 1965 200.7 1966 195.9 1967 191.3 1968 186.8 1969 182.6 1970 178.6 1971 174.6 1972 170.9 1973 167.2 1974 163.6 1975 159.9 1976 156.2 1977 152.3 1978 148.3 1979 144.3 1980 140.3 1981 136.2 1982 132.1 1983 128 1984 123.9 1985 119.7 1986 115.4 1987 111.1 1988 106.7 1989 102.3 1990 97.7 1991 93.2 1992 88.9 1993 84.7 1994 80.7 1995 76.8 1996 73.1 1997 69.6 1998 66.2 1999 62.8 2000 59.6 2001 56.7 2002 53.8 2003 51.2 2004 48.7 2005 46.3 2006 44.1 2007 42 2008 40 2009 38.1 2010 36.3 2011 34.6 2012 33.1 2013 31.7 2014 30.5 2015 29.4