Year Per 1000 Births 1950 109.309 1951 105.483 1952 98.12 1953 91.334 1954 85.126 1955 79.494 1956 74.432 1957 69.927 1958 65.954 1959 62.477 1960 59.443 1961 56.791 1962 54.445 1963 52.322 1964 50.347 1965 48.45 1966 46.585 1967 44.751 1968 42.951 1969 41.173 1970 39.426 1971 37.737 1972 36.14 1973 34.658 1974 33.29 1975 32.018 1976 30.808 1977 29.635 1978 28.489 1979 27.375 1980 26.327 1981 25.389 1982 24.599 1983 23.975 1984 23.515 1985 23.198 1986 22.991 1987 22.844 1988 22.716 1989 22.585 1990 22.439 1991 22.282 1992 22.132 1993 22 1994 21.882 1995 21.779 1996 21.687 1997 21.601 1998 21.511 1999 21.407 2000 21.272 2001 21.093 2002 20.863 2003 20.582 2004 20.254 2005 19.886 2006 19.492 2007 19.09 2008 18.696 2009 18.32 2010 17.969 2011 17.645 2012 17.342 2013 17.056 2014 16.782 2015 16.52 2016 16.265 2017 16.013 2018 15.762