Year Per 1000 Births 1950 86.3 1951 84.1 1952 81.9 1953 79.8 1954 77.7 1955 75.7 1956 73.8 1957 72 1958 70.3 1959 68.6 1960 66.9 1961 65.3 1962 63.6 1963 61.9 1964 60.4 1965 59 1966 57.6 1967 56.2 1968 54.7 1969 53.2 1970 51.4 1971 49.5 1972 47.4 1973 45.4 1974 43.5 1975 41.8 1976 40.3 1977 39 1978 37.9 1979 36.8 1980 35.7 1981 34.6 1982 33.4 1983 32.3 1984 31.1 1985 30.1 1986 29.1 1987 28.1 1988 27.2 1989 26.4 1990 25.7 1991 25.1 1992 24.6 1993 24.2 1994 23.8 1995 23.5 1996 23.3 1997 23 1998 22.7 1999 22.3 2000 21.9 2001 21.4 2002 20.9 2003 20.4 2004 19.9 2005 19.4 2006 19 2007 18.5 2008 18 2009 17.5 2010 17 2011 16.5 2012 16 2013 15.5 2014 15.1 2015 14.6