Year per 1,000 people 1965 1.44000005722046 1966 1.5199999809265097 1967 1.5 1968 1.45000004768372 1969 1.45000004768372 1970 1.4394710201402798 1971 1.58000004291534 1972 1.71000003814697 1973 1.76999998092651 1974 1.8500000238418601 1975 1.7797586427230911 1976 1.987031229387548 1977 2.0699999332428 1978 2.14000010490417 1979 2.20000004768372 1980 2.2224557656534754 1981 2.294086215130071 1982 2.2337271255722038 1983 2.26206769362833 1984 2.3081555033093784 1985 2.1194219280195905 1986 2.3657315614909185 1987 2.4799694124506626 1988 2.536711869288796 1989 2.354362741876181 1990 2.278195569385936 1991 2.2721144684452312 1992 2.2775196252355867 1993 2.291488534146519 1994 2.3484849587748906 1995 2.5722218259155705 1996 2.5409773918011562 1997 2.498755906422008 1998 2.253270348205567 1999 2.504849867826431 2000 1.7080797759298092 2001 1.6580987830951301 2002 1.644768816340227 2003 1.7305298995898184 2004 1.8417031112414706 2005 1.8765782960503317 2006 1.8700104400062103 2007 1.9344302742979973 2008 2.1076050810158202 2009 2.0353875309842566 2010 2.295939342048483 2011 2.2794907623243144 2012 2.6595715739298385 2013 2.817200531311264 2014 2.992028256421818 2015 3.300739706833291 2016 3.4120750835076894 2017 3.6794941056812642