Year per 1,000 people 1970 2.5504340996636667 1975 1.9157766403877576 1976 2.127802084969888 1980 3.3261601479411644 1981 2.438242477437647 1982 2.3824810928945133 1983 2.4114674436734274 1984 2.4546544286881433 1985 3.2848934706693633 1986 2.3966326593463183 1989 2.4857748553602543 1990 2.3408509869244885 1991 2.4209031049060967 1992 2.428704604580361 1993 3.436779729918162 1994 3.5270344527210784 1995 3.8017554555607678 1996 3.80371543489792 1997 3.7082878158063823 1998 3.3892572721742162 1999 3.700201656092485 2000 2.821127817496054 2001 2.753665299537535 2002 2.5649889208598737 2003 2.946150374216615 2004 2.969357234880202 2005 2.9433543998447655 2006 2.9023864195509144 2007 3.0415547411981754 2008 3.1642920313634697 2009 2.9538257542925064 2010 3.142580371641001 2011 3.2136058875075717 2012 3.498160977502166 2013 3.683731862936939 2014 3.852705176573311 2015 4.1856960683237 2016 4.2629899041108175 2017 4.515422238257597