Year Per 1000 Births 1953 109.2 1954 106.8 1955 104.3 1956 101.9 1957 99.7 1958 97.4 1959 95 1960 92.6 1961 90.1 1962 87.6 1963 85.3 1964 82.8 1965 80.5 1966 78.3 1967 76.3 1968 74.7 1969 73.4 1970 72.4 1971 71.6 1972 71.1 1973 70.7 1974 70.5 1975 70.3 1976 70.1 1977 69.8 1978 69.2 1979 68.1 1980 66.4 1981 64.2 1982 61.6 1983 58.8 1984 56 1985 53.6 1986 51.7 1987 50.4 1988 49.8 1989 50.2 1990 51.2 1991 52.6 1992 54.5 1993 56.4 1994 58.1 1995 60.1 1996 61.6 1997 62.7 1998 63.3 1999 63.5 2000 63.5 2001 63.2 2002 62.7 2003 61.9 2004 61.5 2005 61 2006 60.3 2007 59.9 2008 58.9 2009 57.7 2010 55.8 2011 54 2012 49.4 2013 48.8 2014 47.6 2015 46.6